Where is it warm in January?

Warm enough for shirtsleeves, without the punishing heat. Ranked from 253 travel destinations using ERA5 climate averages — what January is normally like, not what the weather will do next week.

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Top 20 by January weather

Day and night temperatures are monthly averages of daily highs and lows. Rain is an average across the whole month. Places with the same rating have equally good weather for this; among them, the one covered by more language editions of Wikivoyage, the open travel guide, is listed first. The bar under each place shows its other good months — click one to jump there.
#	Place	Day	Night	Rain	Rating
1	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	25°C	13°C	0.7 mm/day	Excellent
2	Nairobi, Kenya	24°C	14°C	1.6 mm/day	Excellent
3	Santiago, Chile	26°C	16°C	0.5 mm/day	Excellent
4	Cape Town, South Africa	23°C	18°C	0.4 mm/day	Excellent
5	Mumbai, India	29°C	19°C	0.1 mm/day	Excellent
6	Adelaide, Australia	27°C	17°C	1.1 mm/day	Excellent
7	Auckland, New Zealand	23°C	17°C	2.3 mm/day	Excellent
8	Lima, Peru	25°C	19°C	0.9 mm/day	Excellent
9	Havana, Cuba	26°C	20°C	1.8 mm/day	Excellent
10	Vientiane, Laos	28°C	18°C	0.6 mm/day	Excellent
11	Doha, Qatar	22°C	13°C	0.2 mm/day	Excellent
12	Chiang Mai, Thailand	28°C	16°C	0.4 mm/day	Excellent
13	Honolulu, United States	25°C	21°C	0.9 mm/day	Excellent
14	Muscat, Oman	24°C	16°C	0.5 mm/day	Excellent
15	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	26°C	20°C	0.2 mm/day	Excellent
16	Praia, Cabo Verde	26°C	19°C	0.1 mm/day	Excellent
17	Cancún, Mexico	26°C	22°C	2.0 mm/day	Excellent
18	Kandy, Sri Lanka	26°C	19°C	1.6 mm/day	Excellent
19	Luang Prabang, Laos	25°C	14°C	0.6 mm/day	Excellent
20	Bengaluru, India	27°C	16°C	0.1 mm/day	Excellent

What this ranking does and does not tell you

It rates the weather only — daytime and night temperature, rain and sunshine. It says nothing about what there is to see or do, prices, crowds or safety; that part of the decision is yours.

The candidates are 503 established travel destinations, not every town on Earth, so a place missing here may simply not be on the list.

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