Where to go
Where to go in January
Every place in the atlas, ranked by its January climate: comfortable temperatures, few wet days and clear skies score highest. Algeria has the month's top-scoring destination.
iTop ten
The best of January
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Medina
Medina Region, Saudi Arabia
24°high in Jan9°low1wet day
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Aden
Aden, Yemen
25°high in Jan24°low26°sea
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San Miguel de Allende
Guanajuato, Mexico
23°high in Jan8°low1wet day
iiThe full table
January, ranked
| # | Place | Country | High | Low | Rain | Sea | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanaa Amanat Alasimah | Yemen | 21° | 8° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 2 | Antofagasta Antofagasta | Chile | 23° | 17° | 0 days | 20° | 100 |
| 3 | Saada Şa‘dah | Yemen | 22° | 9° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 4 | Medina Medina Region | Saudi Arabia | 24° | 9° | 1 day | – | 99 |
| 5 | Aden Aden | Yemen | 25° | 24° | 1 day | 26° | 99 |
| 6 | Khamis Mushait 'Asir Region | Saudi Arabia | 20° | 9° | 1 day | – | 99 |
| 7 | San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato | Mexico | 23° | 8° | 1 day | – | 99 |
| 8 | Pichilemu O'Higgins Region | Chile | 23° | 14° | 1 day | 16° | 99 |
| 9 | Riyadh Riyadh Region | Saudi Arabia | 19° | 7° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 10 | Valparaíso Valparaiso | Chile | 18° | 15° | 1 day | 17° | 98 |
| 11 | Concepción Biobio | Chile | 24° | 13° | 1 day | 14° | 98 |
| 12 | Ibb Ibb Governorate | Yemen | 22° | 10° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 13 | Taiz Ta‘izz | Yemen | 24° | 14° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 14 | Ta'if Mecca Region | Saudi Arabia | 19° | 9° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 15 | Mukalla Muhafazat Hadramaout | Yemen | 25° | 21° | 0 days | 26° | 98 |
| 16 | Salalah Dhofar | Oman | 25° | 19° | 0 days | 25° | 98 |
| 17 | Karachi Sindh | Pakistan | 24° | 15° | 1 day | 23° | 98 |
| 18 | Jaipur Rajasthan | India | 21° | 8° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 19 | La Serena Coquimbo Region | Chile | 24° | 16° | 1 day | 17° | 97 |
| 20 | Iquique Tarapacá | Chile | 24° | 20° | 0 days | 22° | 97 |
| 21 | Tlaquepaque Jalisco | Mexico | 25° | 8° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 22 | Doha Baladiyat ad Dawhah | Qatar | 21° | 14° | 2 days | 20° | 96 |
| 23 | Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 23° | 16° | 2 days | 22° | 96 |
| 24 | Manama Manama | Bahrain | 18° | 16° | 2 days | 19° | 95 |
iiiBeach
Beach weather in January
Beach scores add sea temperature and favour hot, settled days.
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2Mukalla
Yemen
25°high
26°sea
100beach score
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6Aden
Yemen
25°high
26°sea
99beach score
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8Salalah
Oman
25°high
25°sea
99beach score
Beaches to swim at in January
At the towns with the best beach weather this month, with the sea temperature and the EU water quality on each beach's page.
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Nagoa Beach
Beach
Nagoa Beach
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Praia de Ofir
Beach
Praia de Ofir
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As Sāḩil adh Dhahhabī
Beach · 4 m
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Festivals in January
The best-known festivals held this month, with their town.
- Sundance Film FestivalFilm festivalPark City, United States
- Rose ParadeTraditional festivalPasadena, United States
- Up Helly AaTraditional festivalBrae, United Kingdom
- Angoulême International Comics FestivalArts festivalAngoulême, France
- International Film Festival RotterdamFilm festivalRotterdam, Netherlands
- Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture FestivalArts festival · Jan–FebHarbin, China
- Amsterdam Light FestivalArts festival · Dec–JanAmsterdam, Netherlands
- Edinburgh's HogmanayTraditional festival · Dec–JanEdinburgh, United Kingdom
- Mummers ParadeTraditional festivalPhiladelphia, United States
- Palm Springs International Film FestivalFilm festivalPalm Springs, United States
- Gothenburg Film FestivalFilm festival · Jan–FebGothenburg, Sweden
- SinulogCebu City, Philippines
Only the month is given: the exact dates change from year to year.
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