🌊Seasonal picks

Best Warm Places to Visit in January

By WanderTourScore EditorialPublished 1 January 2026Last updated 1 January 2026

We scored 20 countries on January climate comfort using 10-year averages of temperature, sunshine hours, and precipitation to find warm-weather destinations for the first month of the year.

#	Country	Climate	🛡️ Safety	💰 Affordability
1	🇸🇳SenegalWestern Africa	100	60	78
2	🇨🇻Cape VerdeWestern Africa	99	25	67
3	🇨🇱ChileSouth America	99	42	67
4	🇵🇪PeruSouth America	98	33	66
5	🇱🇦LaosSouth-Eastern Asia	98	68	90
6	🇸🇻El SalvadorCentral America	96	36	71
7	🇬🇲GambiaWestern Africa	94	40	87
8	🇨🇺CubaCaribbean	94	47	71
9	🇨🇲CameroonMiddle Africa	93	28	80
10	🇻🇮United States Virgin IslandsCaribbean	93	59	25
11	🇩🇯DjiboutiEastern Africa	93	51	67
12	🇩🇴Dominican RepublicCaribbean	92	34	73
13	🇸🇽Sint MaartenCaribbean	92	—	37
14	🇰🇪KenyaEastern Africa	92	38	80
15	🇧🇸BahamasCaribbean	92	16	19
16	🇯🇲JamaicaCaribbean	91	33	53
17	🇻🇬British Virgin IslandsCaribbean	91	—	—
18	🇵🇭PhilippinesSouth-Eastern Asia	91	44	79
19	🇱🇨Saint LuciaCaribbean	91	16	62
20	🇦🇺AustraliaAustralia and New Zealand	91	77	25

Methodology

Rankings are computed from real-world open data sources including the Global Peace Index, World Bank (intentional homicides as a civilian-safety signal, WGI political stability, PPP-based price level affordability, protected areas, forest cover, international tourism receipts, and IUCN threatened species counts), US State Department travel advisory levels, UNDP (Human Development Index, Gender Development Index, Gender Inequality Index, and Planetary Pressures-adjusted HDI), ILGA-style legal protections plus TGEU/Transrespect anti-violence reporting for LGBTQ+ traveler scoring, Open-Meteo (climate normals), UNESCO (heritage sites and gastronomy-city recognitions), Wikidata (distinguished restaurant counts and winter-sports results), and OpenStreetMap (restaurant density, cuisine diversity, and luxury hotel counts). Countries with a Level 3+ US State Department travel advisory are excluded. Learn more about our methodology on the About page.

Data current as of May 2026 and may change. Rankings are generated algorithmically from publicly available datasets and are not a substitute for independent research. Do not rely solely on this information when making travel decisions. Always verify conditions with official government sources. Terms of Use · About our data