Where to go in January
What is actually pleasant in January — by average temperature and rainy days, not by feel. The numbers are climate normals, the same for every place.
Cities
Coast
Nature and mountains
Swakopmund
Namibia
20°C3 rainy days
San Pedro de Atacama
Chile
20°C3 rainy days
Skeleton Coast
Namibia
20°C3 rainy days
Abu Simbel
Egypt
16°C0 rainy days
Aswan
Egypt
16°C0 rainy days
Masai Mara
Kenya
18°C10 rainy days
Bariloche
Argentina
16°C4 rainy days
Chiang Mai
Thailand
22°C5 rainy days
Ha Long Bay
Vietnam
17°C9 rainy days
Amboseli
Kenya
23°C8 rainy days
Merzouga
Morocco
12°C1 rainy day
Tozeur
Tunisia
11°C0 rainy days
Ait Ben Haddou
Morocco
9°C2 rainy days
Sintra
Portugal
11°C9 rainy days
Chefchaouen
Morocco
10°C9 rainy days
Pleasant, and off season
The weather holds but the crowds and prices have dropped — the month where the same destination costs less than at peak.
Swakopmund
Namibia
20°C3 rainy days
San Pedro de Atacama
Chile
20°C3 rainy days
Masai Mara
Kenya
18°C10 rainy days
Ha Long Bay
Vietnam
17°C9 rainy days
Buenos Aires
Argentina
25°C9 rainy days
Amboseli
Kenya
23°C8 rainy days
Hanoi
Vietnam
17°C10 rainy days
Merzouga
Morocco
12°C1 rainy day
Marrakech
Morocco
13°C3 rainy days
El Jem
Tunisia
12°C2 rainy days
Ait Ben Haddou
Morocco
9°C2 rainy days
Sintra
Portugal
11°C9 rainy days
Chefchaouen
Morocco
10°C9 rainy days
Temperatures and rainy days are climate normals from `content_geo.py`, the same for all 214 places. “Pleasant” means: a city at 12–26°C with at most 10 rainy days, coast above 24°C with at most 6, mountains 8–24°C with at most 10.
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