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Where the weather was good in January

50 cities ranked on 20 years of January records. The closer the mean high to 24°C and the fewer the rain days, the higher a city sits. For snow trips or festivals, read the numbers, not the rank.

RankCityIn a lineHigh / lowRain daysSea
1 KaohsiungTaiwancomfortably warm comfortably warm 23° / 16° 6 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 24°
2 HonoluluUnited Stateshot hot 27° / 19° 5 days 25°
3 Da NangVietnamcomfortably warm, rain here and there comfortably warm, rain here and there 25° / 19° 9 days 24°
4 Hoi AnVietnamcomfortably warm, rain here and there comfortably warm, rain here and there 25° / 19° 9 days 24°
5 Chiang MaiThailandproperly hot, almost no rain properly hot, almost no rain 30° / 16° 1 day
6 Macaucool and fresh, little rain cool and fresh, little rain 19° / 13° 4 days
7 Hong Kongcool and fresh, little rain cool and fresh, little rain 19° / 15° 3 days 19°
8 Los AngelesUnited Statescool and fresh, only a little rain cool and fresh, only a little rain 20° / 10° 5 days 15°
9 PattayaThailandhot, almost no rain hot, almost no rain 31° / 23° 2 days 27°
10 Da LatVietnamcool cool 21° / 14° 8 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
11 HanoiVietnamcool and fresh cool and fresh 20° / 15° 8 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
12 ManilaPhilippineshot, occasional rain hot, occasional rain 30° / 24° 6 days
13 SydneyAustraliahot, frequent rain hot, frequent rain 27° / 20° 10 days 24°
14 BangkokThailandseriously hot, little rain seriously hot, little rain 33° / 23° 2 days
15 Nha TrangVietnamproperly hot properly hot 27° / 22° 11 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 25°
16 NahaJapancool, frequent rain cool, frequent rain 20° / 15° 10 days 23°
17 BeijingChinabitterly cold, almost no snow bitterly cold, almost no snow 3° / −7° 0 days
18 PhuketThailandseriously hot, occasional rain seriously hot, occasional rain 33° / 25° 5 days 29°
19 BarcelonaSpaincrisp and chilly, little rain crisp and chilly, little rain 14° / 6° 4 days 14°
20 QingdaoChinaproperly cold, hardly any rain properly cold, hardly any rain 4° / −2° 1 day 7°
21 Phu QuocVietnamseriously hot seriously hot 31° / 24° 9 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 28°
22 SaipanNorthern Mariana Islandshot, frequent rain hot, frequent rain 29° / 24° 13 days 28°
23 Singaporehot, frequent rain hot, frequent rain 31° / 24° 11 days 28°
24 TaipeiTaiwancool cool 20° / 14° 15 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
25 TokyoJapanchilly chilly 10° / 1° 4 days
26 BeppuJapanchilly chilly 11° / 3° 4 days
27 KobeJapanproperly cold properly cold 10° / 4° 4 days
28 NagoyaJapanproperly cold, only a little rain properly cold, only a little rain 10° / 1° 5 days
29 HakoneJapanchilly chilly 11° / 4° 5 days
30 KumamotoJapancrisp and chilly, occasional rain crisp and chilly, occasional rain 11° / 1° 5 days
31 HiroshimaJapanchilly, occasional rain chilly, occasional rain 10° / 2° 5 days
32 LisbonPortugalcrisp and chilly crisp and chilly 15° / 9° 10 days 16°
33 Kota KinabaluMalaysiavery hot, rain on many days very hot, rain on many days 31° / 24° 12 days 29°
34 OsakaJapanproperly cold, occasional rain properly cold, occasional rain 10° / 3° 5 days
35 CebuPhilippinesproperly hot properly hot 30° / 24° 16 days 28°
36 Guamhot, rain on every second day hot, rain on every second day 30° / 24° 18 days 29°
37 BaliIndonesiahot hot 30° / 26° 28 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 29°
38 KyotoJapancold, occasional rain cold, occasional rain 9° / 2° 6 days
39 KagoshimaJapanchilly, occasional rain chilly, occasional rain 13° / 5° 8 days
40 NaraJapancold, occasional rain cold, occasional rain 9° / 0° 6 days
41 ShanghaiChinaproperly cold, occasional rain properly cold, occasional rain 9° / 2° 6 days
42 MatsuyamaJapanchilly, rain here and there chilly, rain here and there 10° / 3° 7 days
43 NagasakiJapancrisp and chilly crisp and chilly 11° / 4° 8 days
44 RomeItalycrisp and chilly, occasional rain crisp and chilly, occasional rain 12° / 4° 9 days
45 FukuokaJapanchilly, occasional rain chilly, occasional rain 10° / 4° 9 days 15°
46 New YorkUnited Statesproperly cold, occasional rain properly cold, occasional rain 4° / −2° 9 days
47 PortoPortugalchilly, frequent rain chilly, frequent rain 14° / 7° 12 days 14°
48 ParisFranceproperly cold properly cold 8° / 3° 10 days
49 SapporoJapanbitterly cold, snow every other day bitterly cold, snow every other day 0° / −6° 20 days
50 OtaruJapanfreezing cold, snow almost daily freezing cold, snow almost daily −1° / −6° 23 days

Ranked on mean daily high (points off the further from 24°C) and rain days. Uncalibrated cities may show too many rain days.

Warm seas in January