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Places with the best weather in the world in January: ranked by comfort score

Bandar Abbas tops the list at 99 /100 in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in January: Bandar Abbas (99 /100) , Harar (98 /100) , Ras Al Khaimah (98 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 3.4 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Bandar Abbas Iran 99 /100 22 °C 13 °C 48 mm 4 299 h 23 °C
2 Harar Ethiopia 98 /100 24 °C 12 °C 12 mm 2 336 h –
3 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 98 /100 23 °C 17 °C 30 mm 4 309 h 23 °C
4 Shashamane Ethiopia 97 /100 24 °C 12 °C 11 mm 2 341 h –
5 Comitán Mexico 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 7 mm 1 330 h –
6 Muscat Oman 97 /100 24 °C 16 °C 18 mm 2 311 h 24 °C
7 Guna India 97 /100 23 °C 10 °C 9 mm 1 303 h –
8 Tonalá Mexico 97 /100 23 °C 10 °C 17 mm 2 306 h –
9 Tlaquepaque Mexico 97 /100 24 °C 11 °C 17 mm 2 306 h –
10 Hyderabad Pakistan 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 3 mm 1 321 h –
11 Hosa’ina Ethiopia 96 /100 23 °C 9.9 °C 29 mm 5 340 h –
12 Saugor India 96 /100 24 °C 10 °C 13 mm 2 306 h –
13 Ibb Yemen 96 /100 23 °C 11 °C 12 mm 3 334 h –
14 Bhopal India 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 8 mm 2 308 h –
15 Mohammadpur Bangladesh 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 16 mm 2 307 h –
16 Dadu Pakistan 96 /100 23 °C 9.7 °C 4 mm 1 314 h –
17 Karachi Pakistan 96 /100 24 °C 14 °C 5 mm 1 319 h 23 °C
18 Nakuru Kenya 96 /100 25 °C 13 °C 22 mm 4 350 h –
19 Chhindwāra India 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 11 mm 2 311 h –
20 Sinjhoro Pakistan 96 /100 24 °C 10 °C 3 mm 1 319 h –
21 Mixco Guatemala 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 4 mm 1 332 h –
22 Sukkur Pakistan 96 /100 22 °C 9.3 °C 6 mm 1 309 h –
23 Mexicali Mexico 96 /100 21 °C 9.6 °C 9 mm 1 291 h –
24 Ranchi India 96 /100 22 °C 9.9 °C 15 mm 3 316 h –
25 Kota India 96 /100 24 °C 10 °C 8 mm 1 308 h –
26 Yawnghwe Myanmar 96 /100 24 °C 13 °C 10 mm 1 324 h –
27 Sanaa Yemen 96 /100 22 °C 9.1 °C 6 mm 1 333 h –
28 La Paz Mexico 96 /100 24 °C 15 °C 8 mm 1 310 h 21 °C
29 Ciudad Victoria Mexico 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 27 mm 5 277 h –
30 Vidisha India 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 9 mm 2 305 h –
31 Jabalpur India 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 12 mm 2 311 h –
32 Singrauli India 96 /100 22 °C 10 °C 17 mm 2 314 h –
33 Mek'ele Ethiopia 96 /100 23 °C 11 °C 22 mm 5 336 h –
34 Udaipur India 96 /100 24 °C 9.8 °C 3 mm 0 320 h –
35 Jodhpur India 96 /100 24 °C 9.8 °C 3 mm 1 316 h –
36 Nawabshah Pakistan 96 /100 23 °C 9.6 °C 3 mm 1 318 h –
37 Al Ain City United Arab Emirates 96 /100 24 °C 12 °C 10 mm 1 316 h –
38 Jaigaon India 96 /100 20 °C 12 °C 14 mm 3 294 h –
39 Sodo Ethiopia 96 /100 25 °C 13 °C 19 mm 4 342 h –
40 Bahir Dar Ethiopia 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 3 mm 1 340 h –
41 Murwāra India 95 /100 24 °C 10 °C 12 mm 2 312 h –
42 Bālurghāt India 95 /100 23 °C 12 °C 14 mm 2 307 h –
43 Nek’emtē Ethiopia 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 42 mm 6 342 h –
44 Shivpuri India 95 /100 22 °C 9.2 °C 12 mm 2 302 h –
45 Jacobabad Pakistan 95 /100 22 °C 9.0 °C 8 mm 2 305 h –
46 Malda India 95 /100 23 °C 12 °C 17 mm 2 307 h –
47 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 95 /100 22 °C 9.0 °C 16 mm 3 338 h –
48 Eldoret Kenya 95 /100 24 °C 12 °C 48 mm 6 352 h –
49 Kitale Kenya 95 /100 23 °C 11 °C 51 mm 7 346 h –
50 Ajmer India 95 /100 22 °C 8.8 °C 6 mm 1 310 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

December: top 5

  1. Harar 98 /100
  2. Jaigaon 98 /100
  3. Khamis Mushait 97 /100
  4. Maoming 97 /100
  5. Esna 97 /100

Full ranking for December

February: top 5

  1. Jaigaon 98 /100
  2. Pu'er 98 /100
  3. Ning’er 98 /100
  4. Bandar Abbas 97 /100
  5. Santa Catarina 97 /100

Full ranking for February

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in January, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in the world with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

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