The best cities to visit in January for good weather, ranked by a sightseeing-comfort score from ten-year climate normals. Top pick: Mexico City.
Ranked by a 0–100 sightseeing-comfort score built from ten-year monthly climate normals (Open-Meteo): warm-but-not-hot days and low rainfall score highest. Part of our wider best time to visit study.
| # | City | January comfort |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico CityMexico | 95 |
| 2 | DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | 94 |
| 3 | Gustavo Adolfo MaderoMexico | 94 |
| 4 | PueblaMexico | 93 |
| 5 | DammamSaudi Arabia | 91 |
| 6 | AhmedabadIndia | 90 |
| 7 | Shubra al KhaymahEgypt | 90 |
| 8 | Cape TownSouth Africa | 89 |
| 9 | MarrakeshMorocco | 89 |
| 10 | AurangabadIndia | 88 |
| 11 | Al Basrah al QadimahIraq | 87 |
| 12 | AdenYemen | 86 |
| 13 | Guatemala CityGuatemala | 86 |
| 14 | NagpurIndia | 86 |
| 15 | DelhiIndia | 85 |
| 16 | JieyangChina | 85 |
| 17 | Shivaji NagarIndia | 85 |
| 18 | GorakhpurIndia | 84 |
| 19 | MumbaiIndia | 84 |
| 20 | MacauMacao | 83 |
| 21 | CamayenneGuinea | 82 |
| 22 | GuangzhouChina | 82 |
| 23 | Hong KongHong Kong | 82 |
| 24 | Los AngelesUnited States | 81 |
| 25 | MiamiUnited States | 81 |
| 26 | QuanzhouChina | 81 |
| 27 | BaghdadIraq | 80 |
| 28 | MelbourneAustralia | 80 |
| 29 | ShantouChina | 80 |
| 30 | HaikouChina | 79 |