Where to go in January
124 destinations genuinely in season, warmest first: typical daytime highs, budget level and the full travel window for each. Tap one for details, or let the quiz pick for your whole group.
The band on each card is its year, January to December: blue where it's cool, red where it's hot, with January marked.
- Dakar & the Petite Côte Senegal
- Kerala's backwaters India
- Lagos Nigeria
- Perth & Margaret River Australia
- Cartagena Colombia
- Goa India
- Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
- Krabi & Bangkok Thailand
- Nicaragua's volcanoes and colonial towns Nicaragua
- Rio & Iguaçu Brazil
- Accra & the Cape Coast Ghana
- Banjul & the Gambian coast Gambia
- Diani Beach & the Kenyan coast Kenya
- Iguazu Falls Argentina
- Panama City & the canal Panama
- Phuket Thailand
- Siem Reap & Angkor Wat Cambodia
- Yangon Myanmar
- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Lamu Kenya
- Serengeti & Zanzibar Tanzania
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
- Aruba Aruba
- Bora Bora & Moorea French Polynesia
- Curaçao Curaçao
- Mumbai India
- Penang Malaysia
- Raja Ampat Indonesia
- Salvador & the Bahia coast Brazil
- Singapore & Malaysia Singapore
- The Andaman Islands India
- Bagan Myanmar
- Cebu & the Visayas Philippines
- Chiang Mai Thailand
- Costa Rica Costa Rica
- Florianópolis Brazil
- Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
- Jamaica Jamaica
- Jeddah & the Red Sea coast Saudi Arabia
- Luang Prabang & the Mekong Laos
- Martinique Martinique
- Palau Palau
- Palawan Philippines
- San Juan & the Puerto Rican coast Puerto Rico
- St Lucia Saint Lucia
- The Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
- The Galápagos Ecuador
- The Maldives Maldives
- Antigua & Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados Barbados
- Byron Bay & the Gold Coast Australia
- Cape Town & the Garden Route South Africa
- Montevideo & Punta del Este Uruguay
- Punta Cana & Samaná Dominican Republic
- Sydney & the NSW coast Australia
- Belize Belize
- Cabo San Lucas Mexico
- Hawai‘i – Big Island & Maui United States
- Lima & the Peruvian coast Peru
- Providenciales & Grace Bay Turks and Caicos
- Puerto Vallarta Mexico
- Roatán & the Bay Islands Honduras
- The British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands
- The US Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
- Tulum Mexico
- Uganda – gorillas and the source of the Nile Uganda
- Yucatán & the Riviera Maya Mexico
- Cape Verde Cape Verde
- Honolulu & Waikiki United States
- Miami & South Beach United States
- Muscat & the Wahiba Sands Oman
- The Exumas Bahamas
- Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
- Antigua & Tikal Guatemala
- Bay of Islands New Zealand
- Dubai & the desert United Arab Emirates
- Lake Atitlan Guatemala
- Auckland New Zealand
- Easter Island Chile
- Lalibela & the Ethiopian Highlands Ethiopia
- New Zealand – North Island New Zealand
- The Florida Keys United States
- Bariloche Argentina
- Christchurch & Canterbury New Zealand
- Doha Qatar
- Nelson & the Abel Tasman New Zealand
- Tasmania Australia
- AlUla Saudi Arabia
- Aqaba & the Jordanian Red Sea Jordan
- Medellin Colombia
- New Zealand – South Island New Zealand
- Rajasthan India
- Sharm El Sheikh & the Red Sea Egypt
- Varanasi India
- Gran Canaria Spain
- Lanzarote Spain
- Tenerife Spain
- Wellington New Zealand
- Bogotá & the Colombian Andes Colombia
- Delhi & the Golden Triangle India
- Franz Josef Glacier New Zealand
- Palm Springs & Joshua Tree United States
- Quito & the Ecuadorian Andes Ecuador
- The Nile & the Red Sea Egypt
- Madeira Portugal
- The Salar de Uyuni Bolivia
- Death Valley United States
- Patagonia Chile
- Ushuaia – the end of the world Argentina
- Andorra & the Pyrenees Andorra
- The Dolomites Italy
- Whistler & the Sea to Sky Canada
- Lake Tahoe United States
- Sofia & the Rila Mountains Bulgaria
- Innsbruck Austria
- Zermatt & the Bernese Oberland Switzerland
- The High Tatras Slovakia
- Aspen & the Colorado Rockies United States
- Banff & the Canadian Rockies Canada
- The Lofoten Islands Norway
- Hokkaidō Japan
- Finnish Lapland Finland
- Swedish Lapland Sweden
- The Yukon & the northern lights Canada
Nothing in January matches all of those.
Which one would your whole group pick?
Can't agree where to go? Set what's actually possible, answer eight quick questions each, and out comes the one destination that fits everybody. Even the little ones join in, with questions read aloud and picture answers. Two minutes each, no signup.
Try it with your groupCommon questions
Where should I go in January?
124 destinations are genuinely in season in January. The warmest are Dakar & the Petite Côte (33°C/91°F), Kerala's backwaters (33°C/91°F), Lagos (33°C/92°F), Perth & Margaret River (33°C/91°F), Cartagena (32°C/89°F).
Where is it warmest in January?
Of the destinations in season in January, Dakar & the Petite Côte is the warmest, with typical daytime highs around 33°C (91°F).



























































































































