Where to go in January

155 cities where January is one of the best months to travel. 114 of them need no visa. Temperature and rainfall are climate normals; prices are median nightly rates for a 2–3 star room and a hostel bed.

Found: 155

City	Daytime	Rainfall	Room 2–3★	Hostel	Visa
Chiang Mai Thailand	28 °C	15 mm	$52	$19	Visa-free
Axum Ethiopia	25 °C	1 mm	$20	—	Visa-free
Aqaba Jordan	21 °C	9 mm	$62	—	Visa-free
Dhaka Bangladesh	24 °C	10 mm	$41	$22	Visa-free
Bagan Myanmar	31 °C	7 mm	$51	—	Visa needed
Nizwa Oman	26 °C	12 mm	$99	—	Visa-free
Eilat Israel	21 °C	9 mm	$622	$207	Visa-free
Doha Qatar	22 °C	6 mm	$91	—	Visa-free
Jeddah Saudi Arabia	29 °C	7 mm	$77	—	Visa-free
Sur Oman	26 °C	9 mm	$128	—	Visa-free
Ziguinchor Senegal	32 °C	1 mm	$38	—	Visa-free
Adelaide Australia	30 °C	15 mm	$98	—	Visa-free
Mumbai India	31 °C	0 mm	$48	$12	Visa needed
Cape Town South Africa	22 °C	14 mm	$146	$26	Visa-free
Perth Australia	26 °C	18 mm	$130	$31	Visa-free
Havana Cuba	27 °C	30 mm	$76	—	Visa needed
Chittagong Bangladesh	24 °C	9 mm	$58	—	Visa-free
Luang Prabang Laos	29 °C	14 mm	$55	$22	Visa-free
Lumbini Nepal	22 °C	17 mm	$42	—	Visa-free
Vang Vieng Laos	29 °C	9 mm	$26	$15	Visa-free
Lalibela Ethiopia	22 °C	6 mm	$30	$22	Visa-free
Mérida Mexico	29 °C	33 mm	$76	$48	Visa-free
Vientiane Laos	28 °C	8 mm	$49	$16	Visa-free
Oaxaca Mexico	24 °C	7 mm	$49	—	Visa-free
Varanasi India	24 °C	12 mm	$36	$24	Visa needed
Riyadh Saudi Arabia	21 °C	6 mm	$92	$32	Visa-free
Dubai United Arab Emirates	23 °C	17 mm	$85	—	Visa-free
Salalah Oman	27 °C	2 mm	$54	—	Visa-free
Mandalay Myanmar	31 °C	11 mm	$27	—	Visa needed
Trinidad Cuba	28 °C	12 mm	$60	—	Visa needed
Jaipur India	22 °C	5 mm	$30	$4	Visa needed
Agra India	23 °C	13 mm	$28	—	Visa needed
Chiang Rai Thailand	27 °C	19 mm	$28	$20	Visa-free
Hanoi Vietnam	20 °C	32 mm	$34	$13	Visa needed
San Cristóbal de las Casas Mexico	23 °C	21 mm	$71	—	Visa-free
Muscat Oman	24 °C	18 mm	$65	—	Visa-free
Ninh Binh Vietnam	21 °C	33 mm	$70	—	Visa needed
Aswan Egypt	23 °C	0 mm	$75	—	Visa-free
Panajachel Guatemala	22 °C	4 mm	$96	—	Visa-free
Luxor Egypt	21 °C	1 mm	$51	$15	Visa-free
Karachi Pakistan	24 °C	6 mm	$27	—	Visa-free
Addis Ababa Ethiopia	24 °C	12 mm	$59	$30	Visa-free
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates	22 °C	12 mm	$143	$77	Visa-free
Gondar Ethiopia	27 °C	1 mm	$38	—	Visa-free
Bahir Dar Ethiopia	28 °C	4 mm	$58	—	Visa-free
Stellenbosch South Africa	27 °C	20 mm	$184	$157	Visa-free
Dakar Senegal	24 °C	11 mm	$187	—	Visa-free
Cox's Bazar Bangladesh	23 °C	11 mm	$48	—	Visa-free
AlUla Saudi Arabia	21 °C	6 mm	$79	—	Visa-free
Bariloche Argentina	22 °C	33 mm	$115	$84	Visa-free
Mexico City Mexico	21 °C	9 mm	$105	—	Visa-free
Delhi India	21 °C	14 mm	$30	$15	Visa needed
Kano Nigeria	30 °C	0 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Saint-Louis Senegal	29 °C	3 mm	—	—	Visa-free
San José Costa Rica	24 °C	38 mm	$107	—	Visa-free
Antigua Guatemala Guatemala	23 °C	5 mm	$169	—	Visa-free
La Fortuna Costa Rica	27 °C	34 mm	$133	—	Visa-free
Ngapali Myanmar	30 °C	7 mm	$55	—	Visa needed
Guadalajara Mexico	23 °C	10 mm	$67	—	Visa-free
Qeshm Iran	22 °C	31 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Monteverde Costa Rica	23 °C	13 mm	$210	—	Visa-free
Yaounde Cameroon	29 °C	14 mm	$49	—	Visa needed
Samana Dominican Republic	28 °C	45 mm	$99	—	Visa-free
Melbourne Australia	26 °C	45 mm	$170	$48	Visa-free
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic	29 °C	24 mm	$77	—	Visa-free
Tulum Mexico	27 °C	50 mm	$74	—	Visa-free
Manama Bahrain	20 °C	7 mm	$96	—	Visa-free
Lahore Pakistan	20 °C	20 mm	$54	—	Visa-free
Ha Long Vietnam	20 °C	39 mm	$49	—	Visa needed
Naivasha Kenya	26 °C	54 mm	$52	$35	Visa-free
Nakuru Kenya	26 °C	54 mm	$84	$27	Visa-free
Guangzhou China	20 °C	49 mm	$52	$11	Visa needed
Goa India	30 °C	1 mm	$36	$11	Visa needed
Hong Kong Гонконг	20 °C	36 mm	$104	$18	Visa-free
Auckland New Zealand	23 °C	58 mm	$112	—	Visa-free
Kampala Uganda	29 °C	65 mm	$95	—	Visa needed
Christchurch New Zealand	24 °C	67 mm	$115	—	Visa-free
Fort Portal Uganda	26 °C	71 mm	$75	$67	Visa needed
Kaiping China	19 °C	47 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Rotorua New Zealand	23 °C	72 mm	$165	—	Visa-free
Shenzhen China	19 °C	35 mm	$79	$53	Visa needed
Hue Vietnam	24 °C	74 mm	$51	$8	Visa needed
Bogotá Colombia	19 °C	44 mm	$54	$14	Visa-free
Jinja Uganda	29 °C	76 mm	$37	—	Visa needed
Abuja Nigeria	33 °C	2 mm	$74	—	Visa needed
Marrakech Morocco	19 °C	36 mm	$55	$21	Visa-free
Valparaíso Chile	19 °C	2 mm	$103	$43	Visa-free
El Nido Philippines	28 °C	46 mm	$46	$22	Visa-free
Da Nang Vietnam	23 °C	79 mm	$34	$14	Visa needed
Hoi An Vietnam	24 °C	79 mm	$44	$20	Visa needed
Punakha Bhutan	19 °C	4 mm	$53	—	Visa needed
Maafushi Maldives	28 °C	53 mm	$128	$75	Visa-free
Male Maldives	28 °C	53 mm	$165	$76	Visa-free
Pokhara Nepal	19 °C	16 mm	$30	$10	Visa-free
Sihanoukville Cambodia	29 °C	27 mm	$48	$14	Visa-free
Scarborough Trinidad and Tobago	27 °C	82 mm	$169	—	Visa-free
Boquete Panama	21 °C	86 mm	$133	—	Visa-free
Entebbe Uganda	27 °C	86 mm	$80	—	Visa needed
Wellington New Zealand	19 °C	52 mm	$107	—	Visa-free
Flores Guatemala	27 °C	88 mm	$28	—	Visa-free
Arusha Tanzania	29 °C	88 mm	$83	$21	Visa-free
Da Lat Vietnam	18 °C	34 mm	$30 837	—	Visa needed
Kigali Rwanda	26 °C	96 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Pakse Laos	32 °C	5 mm	$44	$9	Visa-free
Cairo Egypt	18 °C	8 mm	$49	$24	Visa-free
Alexandria Egypt	18 °C	23 mm	$95	—	Visa-free
Lagos Nigeria	29 °C	25 mm	$78	—	Visa needed
Yangon Myanmar	33 °C	8 mm	$60	—	Visa needed
Montevideo Uruguay	26 °C	102 mm	$96	—	Visa-free
Port Harcourt Nigeria	30 °C	26 mm	$72	$54	Visa needed
Buenos Aires Argentina	28 °C	105 mm	$103	—	Visa-free
Colonia del Sacramento Uruguay	28 °C	105 mm	$114	—	Visa-free
Panama City Panama	29 °C	20 mm	$113	—	Visa-free
Colombo Sri Lanka	29 °C	76 mm	$59	$22	Visa-free
Sapa Vietnam	18 °C	41 mm	$29	$14	Visa needed
Kuwait City Kuwait	18 °C	12 mm	$111	—	Visa-free
Shushtar Iran	18 °C	41 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Nanning China	18 °C	46 mm	$49	$24	Visa needed
Shush Iran	18 °C	40 mm	$47	—	Visa needed
Limbe Cameroon	29 °C	32 mm	$129	—	Visa needed
Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago	28 °C	100 mm	$179	—	Visa-free
San Fernando Trinidad and Tobago	28 °C	100 mm	$78	—	Visa-free
Uyuni Bolivia	19 °C	92 mm	$60	—	Visa-free
Ayutthaya Thailand	32 °C	12 mm	$48	—	Visa-free
Kandy Sri Lanka	26 °C	116 mm	$47	—	Visa-free
Islamabad Pakistan	17 °C	40 mm	$93	$28	Visa-free
Phuket Thailand	28 °C	80 mm	$42	$21	Visa-free
Kumasi Ghana	33 °C	18 mm	$89	$40	Visa-free
Queenstown New Zealand	20 °C	121 mm	$216	$33	Visa-free
Cartagena Colombia	29 °C	3 mm	$85	—	Visa-free
Bocas del Toro Panama	28 °C	124 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
Krabi Thailand	28 °C	93 mm	$38	—	Visa-free
Battambang Cambodia	32 °C	21 mm	$43	$9	Visa-free
Kampot Cambodia	31 °C	23 mm	$49	—	Visa-free
Medellín Colombia	24 °C	134 mm	$76	$20	Visa-free
Bangkok Thailand	33 °C	16 mm	$54	—	Visa-free
Tel Aviv Israel	18 °C	88 mm	$235	$75	Visa-free
Kerala India	33 °C	6 mm	$73	$51	Visa needed
Koh Samui Thailand	27 °C	136 mm	$108	$20	Visa-free
Manila Philippines	28 °C	148 mm	$32	—	Visa-free
Siem Reap Cambodia	33 °C	12 mm	$43	$13	Visa-free
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam	32 °C	11 mm	$31	$15	Visa needed
Yamoussoukro Côte d'Ivoire	35 °C	14 mm	$45	—	Visa-free
Langkawi Malaysia	30 °C	77 mm	$83	$26	Visa-free
Cebu Philippines	28 °C	160 mm	$30	$19	Visa-free
Santa Marta Colombia	32 °C	2 mm	$95	$16	Visa-free
Douala Cameroon	31 °C	30 mm	$81	$47	Visa needed
Malacca Malaysia	29 °C	154 mm	$39	$21	Visa-free
Phnom Penh Cambodia	34 °C	16 mm	$52	—	Visa-free
Bohol Philippines	28 °C	224 mm	$34	$16	Visa-free
Puerto Natales Chile	14 °C	119 mm	$126	—	Visa-free
Kota Kinabalu Malaysia	30 °C	198 mm	$47	$21	Visa-free
Ipoh Malaysia	30 °C	210 mm	$60	$27	Visa-free
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia	30 °C	206 mm	$40	$20	Visa-free
Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei	28 °C	285 mm	$55	—	Visa-free

Where the numbers come from

Temperature and rainfall are monthly climate normals from NASA POWER and NOAA weather stations, averaged over many years. They are not a forecast for a given date: a single year deviates from the norm, but the order of magnitude holds.

Prices are median nightly rates blended from several booking sources, flights excluded. "Room 2–3★" is a double room in a mid-range hotel or guesthouse, priced per room. "Hostel" is a bed in a shared dorm, priced per person, and is known for about half the cities.

Which column to read depends on who is travelling. Solo, a hostel bed is cheaper. For two, a room usually wins: split in half it costs about the same as two dorm beds, but comes with a door and a bathroom. For three or four, the room wins outright.

Visa status is shown for a US passport and applies to the country, not the city. Check the rules on the country page before you travel: they change far more often than the climate.

Frequently asked

Where can I go visa-free in January?

114 of the 155 cities listed are in countries that need no visa. The visa-free filter leaves exactly those in the table, and the daytime column shows which of them are warm this month.

Where is it warm in January?

The daytime column is the average daily high for the month, and warmest-first sorts by it. Watch the rainfall too: in the tropics a warm month can coincide with the wet season, and the rainfall normal will be several times higher.

How much does a night cost in January?

The table carries two prices: a double room in a 2–3 star hotel or guesthouse per room, and a dorm bed per person. Solo travellers usually do better in a hostel; for two, the room split in half costs about the same as two beds but comes with a private bathroom. Flights are not included.

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