Where is hot in January
Where is hot in January within 3,500 km of London: Tenerife (22 °C), Gran Canaria (21 °C), Lanzarote (21 °C) and Fuerteventura (21 °C). For 30 °C and more, the list is long haul.
January, averages 1991 to 2020
19 of 62 places match
| Place | High | Sea | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok | 33 °C | inland | 1 |
| Goa | 33 °C | 28 °C | 0 |
| Phuket | 32 °C | 28 °C | 4 |
| Maldives | 31 °C | 28 °C | 2 |
| Bali | 31 °C | 29 °C | n/a |
| Sri Lanka | 31 °C | 28 °C | 4 |
| Jamaica | 30 °C | 27 °C | n/a |
| Mauritius | 30 °C | 27 °C | 17 |
Typical month, not a forecast. "n/a": the station has no usable rain record for that month, so it never counts as a pass. How the figures are made.
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January is the coldest month of the year for most of Europe, and the one when the question of where is hot matters most to anyone booking from Britain. The honest answer splits in two. Within short-haul range, only the Canary Islands give a day reliably above 20 °C with a sea you can swim in: southern Tenerife averages 22 °C by day, Gran Canaria 21 °C, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura 21 °C, with the Atlantic at 20 °C. Madeira and Marrakech follow at 19 °C, then the Spanish mainland, 17 °C in Malaga. Beyond, the Red Sea gives 22 °C with a warmer sea, 23 °C, and Dubai 24 °C. For real heat, January is the heart of the dry season in South and South-East Asia: Bangkok (33 °C), Goa (33 °C) and Phuket (32 °C). At the other end of the scale, Lapland averages -7 °C by day, the place to go for snow rather than sun.
Where is hot in January: all 62 places
| Place | Country | Daytime high | Night low | Sea | Wet days | From London |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok | Thailand | 33 °C | 23 °C | inland | 1 day | 9,560 km |
| Goa | India | 33 °C | 20 °C | 28 °C | 0 days | 7,580 km |
| Phuket | Thailand | 32 °C | 23 °C | 28 °C | 4 days | 9,930 km |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 31 °C | 23 °C | 28 °C | 4 days | 8,740 km |
| Bali | Indonesia | 31 °C | 25 °C | 29 °C | no usable record | 12,520 km |
| Maldives | Maldives | 31 °C | 26 °C | 28 °C | 2 days | 8,540 km |
| Mauritius | Mauritius | 30 °C | 24 °C | 27 °C | 17 days | 9,780 km |
| Seychelles | Seychelles | 30 °C | 25 °C | 28 °C | 18 days | 8,180 km |
| Jamaica | Jamaica | 30 °C | 22 °C | 27 °C | no usable record | 7,550 km |
| Barbados | Barbados | 29 °C | 23 °C | 27 °C | no usable record | 6,760 km |
| Koh Samui | Thailand | 29 °C | 24 °C | 28 °C | 8 days | 9,900 km |
| Punta Cana | Dominican Republic | 29 °C | 21 °C | 27 °C | no usable record | 6,880 km |
| Cancun | Mexico | 28 °C | 19 °C | 27 °C | 7 days | 7,940 km |
| Cape Town | South Africa | 28 °C | 17 °C | 19 °C | no usable record | 9,680 km |
| Cuba | Cuba | 27 °C | 19 °C | 26 °C | no usable record | 7,470 km |
| Sydney | Australia | 27 °C | 20 °C | 23 °C | 8 days | 17,020 km |
| Cape Verde | Cape Verde | 25 °C | 19 °C | 23 °C | no usable record | 4,340 km |
| Miami | United States | 25 °C | 16 °C | 25 °C | 5 days | 7,110 km |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 24 °C | 15 °C | 22 °C | 2 days | 5,500 km |
| Orlando | United States | 22 °C | 10 °C | inland | 5 days | 6,970 km |
| Tenerife | Spain | 22 °C | 15 °C | 20 °C | 2 days | 2,940 km |
| Hurghada | Egypt | 22 °C | 11 °C | 23 °C | 1 day | 3,930 km |
| Gran Canaria | Spain | 21 °C | 15 °C | 20 °C | 3 days | 2,920 km |
| Lanzarote | Spain | 21 °C | 14 °C | 19 °C | 3 days | 2,730 km |
| Fuerteventura | Spain | 21 °C | 15 °C | 19 °C | 2 days | 2,800 km |
| Los Angeles | United States | 20 °C | 10 °C | 15 °C | 5 days | 8,750 km |
| Madeira | Portugal | 19 °C | 14 °C | 19 °C | no usable record | 2,480 km |
| Marrakech | Morocco | 19 °C | no usable record | inland | 3 days | 2,290 km |
| Benidorm | Spain | 17 °C | 7 °C | 15 °C | 3 days | 1,440 km |
| Malaga and the Costa del Sol | Spain | 17 °C | 8 °C | 15 °C | 5 days | 1,670 km |
| Larnaca and Ayia Napa | Cyprus | 17 °C | 8 °C | 17 °C | 9 days | 3,270 km |
| Tunisia | Tunisia | 17 °C | no usable record | 16 °C | 9 days | 1,840 km |
| Algarve | Portugal | 17 °C | no usable record | 17 °C | no usable record | 1,710 km |
| Seville | Spain | 16 °C | 6 °C | inland | 6 days | 1,630 km |
| Sicily | Italy | 16 °C | 5 °C | 15 °C | 6 days | 1,980 km |
| Ibiza | Spain | 16 °C | 8 °C | 15 °C | 5 days | 1,400 km |
| Malta | Malta | 16 °C | no usable record | 16 °C | 10 days | 2,100 km |
| Majorca | Spain | 16 °C | 9 °C | 15 °C | 6 days | 1,350 km |
| Crete | Greece | 16 °C | 9 °C | 16 °C | 11 days | 2,710 km |
| Antalya | Turkey | 15 °C | 5 °C | 18 °C | 10 days | 2,930 km |
| Rhodes | Greece | 15 °C | 11 °C | 18 °C | no usable record | 2,810 km |
| Lisbon | Portugal | 15 °C | 9 °C | 15 °C | 10 days | 1,570 km |
| Las Vegas | United States | 15 °C | 4 °C | inland | 2 days | 8,400 km |
| Sardinia | Italy | 15 °C | 5 °C | 15 °C | 6 days | 1,550 km |
| Menorca | Spain | 14 °C | 8 °C | 15 °C | 8 days | 1,340 km |
| Barcelona | Spain | 14 °C | 6 °C | 14 °C | 4 days | 1,140 km |
| Porto | Portugal | 14 °C | 6 °C | 14 °C | 12 days | 1,310 km |
| Corfu | Greece | 14 °C | 6 °C | 16 °C | 9 days | 2,050 km |
| Costa Brava | Spain | 14 °C | 1 °C | 13 °C | 5 days | 1,090 km |
| Athens | Greece | 13 °C | 7 °C | 15 °C | 6 days | 2,410 km |
| Nice and the French Riviera | France | 13 °C | 6 °C | 14 °C | 6 days | 1,040 km |
| Naples and the Amalfi Coast | Italy | 13 °C | no usable record | 15 °C | 10 days | 1,630 km |
| Dubrovnik | Croatia | 13 °C | 7 °C | 14 °C | 9 days | 1,710 km |
| Rome | Italy | 12 °C | 3 °C | inland | 8 days | 1,450 km |
| Split | Croatia | 11 °C | 6 °C | 14 °C | 8 days | 1,540 km |
| Istanbul | Turkey | 9 °C | 4 °C | 9 °C | no usable record | 2,520 km |
| Venice | Italy | 8 °C | no usable record | 10 °C | 5 days | 1,160 km |
| Paris | France | 8 °C | 3 °C | inland | 9 days | 350 km |
| Lake Garda | Italy | 7 °C | -1 °C | inland | 6 days | 1,050 km |
| New York | United States | 4 °C | -3 °C | 6 °C | 9 days | 5,540 km |
| Reykjavik | Iceland | 3 °C | -2 °C | 5 °C | 17 days | 1,880 km |
| Lapland | Finland | -7 °C | -17 °C | inland | 10 days | 2,220 km |
Winter sun in the Canaries
The four main Canary Islands are within one degree of each other in January. The differences are in the rain and the wind. Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, the flattest and closest to Africa, have 2 days and 3 days of rain. The south of Tenerife, sheltered by Mount Teide, has 2 days. Nights everywhere sit around 15 °C, and the sea is 20 °C off Gran Canaria, bracing rather than warm.
Long haul in January
Thailand, Goa and Sri Lanka are all in their dry, sunny season. Phuket has 4 days of rain and a sea of 28 °C. In the Caribbean, Cancun averages 28 °C with 7 days of rain. Dubai is at its mildest, 24 °C by day and 15 °C at night. Next month: where is hot in February; the month before: December.