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Best places for digital nomads in January

Find the best digital nomad destinations in January, ranked by seasonal weather, cost, events, hub activity, and air quality.

Destinations

3169 cities scored for January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#641 MX Pachuca Mexico 64 Shoulder season 12.9°C 2.1 rain days $1,631 0 City
#642 VN Hanoi Vietnam 64 Shoulder season 17.1°C 7.5 rain days $1,729 0 City
#643 AR Villa General Belgrano Argentina 64 Rainy season 22.3°C 16.3 rain days $852 0 City
#644 HT Pétion-Ville Haiti 64 Dry comfort window 23.8°C 3.3 rain days $1,811 0 City
#645 PY Areguá Paraguay 64 Hot season 28.2°C 9.5 rain days $1,041 0 City
#646 PH Iloilo City Philippines 64 Rainy season 25.8°C 20.1 rain days $1,475 0 City
#647 MY George Town Malaysia 64 Rainy season 26.7°C 17.6 rain days $1,765 0 City
#648 TH Satun Thailand 64 Shoulder season 26.5°C 9.5 rain days $1,578 0 City
#649 LR Gbarnga Liberia 64 Dry comfort window 26.4°C 4.6 rain days $1,609 0 City
#650 PR San Juan Puerto Rico 64 Shoulder season 24.7°C 10.8 rain days $3,330 0 City
#651 BR Aracaju Brazil 64 Rainy season 26.9°C 16.8 rain days $1,342 0 City
#652 ES Fuerteventura Spain 64 Shoulder season 16.2°C 1.7 rain days $3,501 0 City
#653 KE Lamu Kenya 64 Shoulder season 27.6°C 4.6 rain days $2,163 0 City
#654 ZA Plettenberg Bay South Africa 64 Shoulder season 20.6°C 7.0 rain days $2,994 0 City
#655 SD Nyala Sudan 64 Dry comfort window 23.0°C 0.0 rain days $2,627 0 City
#656 QA Al Wakrah Qatar 64 Dry comfort window 18.0°C 2.5 rain days $2,843 0 City
#657 PT Funchal Portugal 64 Shoulder season 16.2°C 11.0 rain days $2,261 0 City
#658 AU Geraldton Australia 64 Dry comfort window 26.1°C 0.4 rain days $4,226 0 City
#659 BR João Pessoa Brazil 64 Rainy season 27.0°C 16.3 rain days $1,608 0 City
#660 BD Comilla Bangladesh 64 Dry comfort window 18.4°C 1.5 rain days $1,186 0 City
#661 ZA Durban South Africa 64 Shoulder season 24.3°C 11.8 rain days $2,255 0 City
#662 NP Kathmandu Nepal 64 Shoulder season 10.8°C 2.3 rain days $1,340 0 City
#663 EC Manta Ecuador 64 Shoulder season 25.4°C 14.3 rain days $1,900 0 City
#664 ZA Hout Bay South Africa 64 Dry comfort window 20.5°C 3.3 rain days $3,325 0 City
#665 CL Pucon Chile 64 Shoulder season 17.8°C 5.6 rain days $2,694 0 City
#666 ET Addis Ababa Ethiopia 63 Shoulder season 14.5°C 0.8 rain days $1,778 0 City
#667 ER Massawa Eritrea 63 Dry comfort window 26.1°C 4.8 rain days $1,120 0 City
#668 CL Villarrica Chile 63 Shoulder season 16.5°C 4.6 rain days $1,826 0 City
#669 VE Valencia Venezuela 63 Dry comfort window 25.5°C 1.4 rain days Data unavailable 0 City
#670 PA Pedasi Panama 63 Shoulder season 26.5°C 9.3 rain days $2,240 0 City
#671 BW Gaborone Botswana 63 Shoulder season 24.7°C 10.5 rain days $2,225 0 City
#672 LS Mafeteng Lesotho 63 Shoulder season 19.7°C 13.9 rain days $913 0 City
#673 BD Narayanganj Bangladesh 63 Dry comfort window 18.3°C 1.7 rain days $1,279 0 City
#674 CN Dongguan China 63 Shoulder season 15.4°C 4.1 rain days $1,649 0 City
#675 TD Faya-Largeau Chad 63 Dry comfort window 19.9°C 0.0 rain days $1,382 0 City
#676 AO Lubango Angola 63 Shoulder season 19.6°C 11.4 rain days $840 0 City
#677 ES Telde Spain 63 Shoulder season 17.5°C 4.8 rain days $2,946 0 City
#678 ZA Hoedspruit South Africa 63 Shoulder season 25.0°C 12.8 rain days $1,587 0 City
#679 BB St. Lawrence Gap Barbados 63 Shoulder season 25.7°C 14.3 rain days $2,560 0 City
#680 GH Akosombo Ghana 63 Hot season 28.0°C 2.1 rain days $2,199 0 City
641–680 of 3,169

Best by region

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 EG Dahab Egypt 77 Dry comfort window 18.9°C 1.0 rain days $1,292 0 City
#2 ZA Cape Town South Africa 77 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 2.9 rain days $2,991 0 City
#3 KE Nairobi Kenya 73 Shoulder season 19.5°C 7.7 rain days $2,739 0 City
#4 CV Praia Cape Verde 73 Dry comfort window 22.8°C 0.6 rain days $1,133 0 City
#5 EG Hurghada Egypt 73 Shoulder season 17.9°C 0.6 rain days $1,374 0 City

All of Africa in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AQ McMurdo Station Antarctica 41 Cold season -6.5°C 2.5 rain days $4,280 0 City
#2 AQ Palmer Station Antarctica 35 Rainy season 0.9°C 20.1 rain days $1,080 0 City
#3 TF Port-aux-Francais French Southern Territories 33 Cold season 7.1°C 15.5 rain days $3,408 0 City
#4 AQ Villa Las Estrellas Antarctica 31 Rainy season 1.2°C 19.9 rain days $2,610 0 City
#5 GS Grytviken South Georgia 31 Rainy season 4.7°C 23.2 rain days $2,985 0 City

All of Antarctica in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 TH Bangkok Thailand 83 Dry comfort window 26.7°C 1.7 rain days $2,263 0 City
#2 IN Bangalore India 81 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 2.1 rain days $1,693 0 City
#3 KH Siem Reap Cambodia 79 Dry comfort window 25.2°C 1.5 rain days $1,287 0 City
#4 TH Chiang Mai Thailand 79 Dry comfort window 21.6°C 3.5 rain days $2,041 0 City
#5 KH Phnom Penh Cambodia 78 Dry comfort window 26.3°C 2.1 rain days $1,629 0 City

All of Asia in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 ES Los Cristianos Spain 70 Dry comfort window 18.5°C 1.2 rain days $3,056 0 City
#2 ES Playa del Ingles Spain 69 Dry comfort window 18.6°C 2.9 rain days $2,952 0 City
#3 ES Alicante Spain 67 Shoulder season 12.4°C 2.3 rain days $3,570 2 City
#4 ES Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain 67 Shoulder season 17.8°C 6.4 rain days $3,172 0 City
#5 ES Maspalomas Spain 67 Dry comfort window 18.7°C 2.7 rain days $3,794 0 City

All of Europe in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 MX Puerto Vallarta Mexico 76 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 1.0 rain days $2,368 0 City
#2 CR Liberia Costa Rica 74 Dry comfort window 26.7°C 2.5 rain days $1,697 0 City
#3 MX Cabo San Lucas Mexico 74 Dry comfort window 20.5°C 0.4 rain days $2,989 0 City
#4 SV Santa Ana El Salvador 74 Dry comfort window 24.7°C 2.5 rain days $1,560 0 City
#5 MX San Pancho Mexico 74 Dry comfort window 20.8°C 0.4 rain days $1,534 0 City

All of North America in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AU Melbourne Australia 68 Shoulder season 20.5°C 7.9 rain days $5,328 0 City
#2 AU Fremantle Australia 68 Dry comfort window 24.5°C 0.6 rain days $3,948 0 City
#3 AU Perth Australia 68 Dry comfort window 25.1°C 0.0 rain days $5,096 0 City
#4 AU Adelaide Australia 67 Dry comfort window 22.2°C 4.3 rain days $4,561 0 City
#5 AU Margaret River Australia 65 Dry comfort window 20.7°C 2.3 rain days $3,437 0 City

All of Oceania in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AR Buenos Aires Argentina 83 Shoulder season 25.0°C 7.9 rain days $1,746 0 City
#2 CO Santa Marta Colombia 76 Shoulder season 27.4°C 2.5 rain days $2,204 0 City
#3 AR Mendoza Argentina 76 Shoulder season 25.7°C 5.4 rain days $1,432 0 City
#4 CL Santiago Chile 76 Dry comfort window 21.7°C 0.6 rain days $2,633 0 City
#5 PE Lima Peru 75 Dry comfort window 21.6°C 1.9 rain days $2,277 0 City

All of South America in January

Events in January

Events in January
EventPlaceDateLink
Afterwork Digital Nomad & Remote Worker [Bi-weekly] FR Montpellier Jan 1 View
✪ Ultimate Frisbee ✪ - Sunday SE Stockholm Jan 3 View
Kemi in Almaty KZ Almaty Jan 3 View
Sprachencafe- let's speak German together AT Innsbruck Jan 5 View
Afterwork Digital Nomad & Remote Worker [Bi-weekly] FR Montpellier Jan 14 View
Afterwork Digital Nomad & Remote Worker [Bi-weekly] FR Montpellier Jan 15 View
Sprachencafe- let's speak German together AT Innsbruck Jan 19 View
AWD - After Work Drinks ES Alicante Jan 22 View
The Sunday afternoon Socialise conversation at the Fire...... CH Zurich Jan 24 View
Afterwork Digital Nomad & Remote Worker [Bi-weekly] FR Montpellier Jan 28 View
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