Where should I travel in January?

35 cities have January as their best-weather month, including Surat, Khartoum, Kano. See the ranked table for the full list with temperatures, rainfall, and sunshine.

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Best places to visit in January

35 cities have January as their single best-weather month — comfortable temperatures, low rainfall, and good sunshine based on 2020–2024 data. Top destinations: Surat, Khartoum, Kano.

Cities whose best month is January

Rank	City	Country	High / Low	Precip	Sun	Score
1 ★	Surat	India	29.2° / 16.2°	4.3 mm	10.5 h	100
2 ★	Khartoum	Sudan	30.4° / 16.5°	0 mm	10.5 h	100
3 ★	Kano	Nigeria	28.6° / 14°	0 mm	10.9 h	100
4	Kaduna	Nigeria	31° / 16.6°	0.4 mm	11 h	100
5	Perth	Australia	30.3° / 19.1°	7.7 mm	13.1 h	99
6	Dhaka	Bangladesh	23.9° / 13°	34.2 mm	9.3 h	97
7	Yangon	Myanmar	31.3° / 19.9°	48.4 mm	10.6 h	97
8	Cape Town	South Africa	25.8° / 17.3°	80.1 mm	13.1 h	96
9	Bhubaneswar	India	27.5° / 16.4°	127.8 mm	10 h	95
10	Valencia VE	Venezuela	32.4° / 20.3°	35.6 mm	11.1 h	95
11	Tainan	Taiwan	23.3° / 13.8°	89.9 mm	9.3 h	95
12	Khulna	Bangladesh	24.8° / 13.3°	88.7 mm	9.3 h	95
13	Goa	India	33.6° / 20°	58.7 mm	10.6 h	94
14	Abuja	Nigeria	33.6° / 21°	1.2 mm	11 h	93
15	Hong Kong	China	18.8° / 13°	77.9 mm	8.5 h	92
16	Macau	Macau	19.6° / 13.9°	79.8 mm	8.3 h	91
17	Ibadan	Nigeria	34.9° / 21.6°	24.2 mm	10.1 h	90
18	Taichung	Taiwan	21.9° / 11.9°	202.5 mm	9.3 h	90
19	Dongguan	China	20.9° / 11.6°	104.1 mm	7.7 h	89
20	Barranquilla	Colombia	31.3° / 24.6°	27.3 mm	11.2 h	89
21	Caracas	Venezuela	25.6° / 16°	225 mm	10.8 h	88
22	Montevideo	Uruguay	26.5° / 19.8°	331.6 mm	12.3 h	88
23	Miami	United States	24.3° / 17.3°	280 mm	9.4 h	87
24	Kampala	Uganda	27.4° / 17.3°	260.8 mm	10.6 h	87
25	Maracaibo	Venezuela	30.8° / 24.4°	60.9 mm	11.3 h	87
26	Mar del Plata	Argentina	25.4° / 16.9°	338.9 mm	12.3 h	87
27	Lagos	Nigeria	32° / 24°	74.6 mm	9.8 h	86
28	Cartagena	Colombia	32.1° / 24.1°	61.9 mm	11.2 h	86
29	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	32.6° / 22.8°	134.5 mm	10.5 h	85
30	Accra	Ghana	31.6° / 24°	74.2 mm	10.2 h	85
31	Medellín	Colombia	26° / 15.6°	441.3 mm	10.4 h	82
32	Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	30.8° / 23.5°	350.6 mm	10.1 h	79
33	Taipei	Taiwan	19.3° / 13.5°	265.2 mm	4.8 h	78
34	Bucaramanga	Colombia	24.8° / 18.2°	627.4 mm	11 h	76
35	Cali	Colombia	25.9° / 18.4°	902.1 mm	10.1 h	67

Each city links to its month-by-month best-time-to-visit guide; the score (0–100) blends temperature comfort, low rainfall, and sunshine for January.

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