Where Is It Sunny in January? Warmest Destinations

Sunshine hours, temperature and rain in January for 108 destinations – station data (DWD, 1991–2020). Sunniest: Cape Town with 11.4 hours of sun a day.

The sunniest destinations in January

  • 1. Cape Town: 11.4 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 9 mm · 99
  • 2. Aruba: 8.6 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 29 mm · 87
  • 3. Cape Verde (Sal): 8.0 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 3 mm · 87
  • 4. Oman (Muscat): 8.2 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 14 mm · 85
  • 5. Abu Dhabi: 8.0 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 13 mm · 85
  • 6. Luxor: 9.3 h Sun/day, 23 °C, 3 mm · 84
  • 7. Marsa Alam: 8.5 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 4 mm · 84
  • 8. Barbados: 8.5 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 61 mm · 84
  • 9. Dubai: 8.2 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 21 mm · 84
  • 10. Goa: 9.0 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 1 mm · 82
  • 11. Buenos Aires: 9.2 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 118 mm · 81
  • 12. Auckland (New Zealand): 8.8 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 58 mm · 81
  • 13. Sharm el-Sheikh: 8.4 h Sun/day, 23 °C, 2 mm · 80
  • 14. Hawaii (Honolulu): 7.2 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 47 mm · 80
  • 15. Hurghada: 8.6 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 1 mm · 79
  • 16. Jamaica: 7.7 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 77 mm · 79
  • 17. Maldives: 8.3 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 87 mm · 78
  • 18. Mombasa (Kenya): 8.3 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 24 mm · 77
  • 19. Punta Cana (Dominican Republic): 7.5 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 85 mm · 77
  • 20. Cuba (Havana): 6.0 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 30 mm · 77
  • 21. Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City): 7.5 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 11 mm · 76
  • 22. Sydney: 7.5 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 91 mm · 76
  • 23. Aqaba: 8.3 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 4 mm · 75
  • 24. Sri Lanka (Colombo): 8.2 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 80 mm · 75
  • 25. Miami (Florida): 6.4 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 47 mm · 75
  • 26. Tenerife: 7.2 h Sun/day, 23 °C, 17 mm · 74
  • 27. Cancún: 6.3 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 63 mm · 74
  • 28. Phuket: 8.1 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 66 mm · 73
  • 29. Agadir: 8.4 h Sun/day, 21 °C, 32 mm · 71
  • 30. Doha: 6.2 h Sun/day, 23 °C, 6 mm · 71
  • 31. Mauritius: 7.5 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 231 mm · 70
  • 32. Bangkok: 7.0 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 24 mm · 70
  • 33. Zanzibar: 7.9 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 74 mm · 69
  • 34. Costa Rica (Guanacaste): 8.3 h Sun/day, 35 °C, 2 mm · 68
  • 35. Lanzarote: 6.9 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 15 mm · 68
  • 36. Koh Samui: 6.5 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 135 mm · 68
  • 37. Rio de Janeiro: 6.6 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 208 mm · 67
  • 38. Bali: 6.0 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 317 mm · 64
  • 39. Orlando (Florida): 6.5 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 63 mm · 63
  • 40. Gran Canaria: 6.2 h Sun/day, 21 °C, 26 mm · 62
  • Holiday score 0–100: 45 % sunshine hours, 40 % warmth (best at 25–30 °C), 15 % little rain.
  • Averages 1991–2020, source: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CLIMAT station data, CC BY 4.0) and NASA POWER; single years differ.

Questions

  • Where is it sunniest in January? Among 108 popular destinations, Cape Town is best in January: 11.4 hours of sunshine a day on average. For comparison, London gets 2.0 hours.
  • Where is it warm in January? 31 of the destinations average more than 24 °C by day in January. The '24 °C and up only' filter shows just those.
  • Where do the numbers come from? Temperature, rain and, where available, sunshine are 1991–2020 averages of weather stations, published by Germany's weather service DWD. Where no station nearby measures, we use NASA satellite data (POWER) and say so on the destination's page.