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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
#161 MX Ajijic Mexico 71 Shoulder season 17.7°C 0.8 rain days $2,223 0 City
#162 NG Lagos Nigeria 71 Shoulder season 27.7°C 6.0 rain days $2,208 0 City
#163 NG Jos Nigeria 70 Dry comfort window 21.0°C 0.0 rain days $753 0 City
#164 CR Heredia Costa Rica 70 Dry comfort window 20.0°C 4.3 rain days $2,006 0 City
#165 NI Estelí Nicaragua 70 Dry comfort window 21.9°C 1.7 rain days $1,579 0 City
#166 VN Vung Tau Vietnam 70 Dry comfort window 26.0°C 4.1 rain days $1,433 0 City
#167 NA Henties Bay Namibia 70 Dry comfort window 19.7°C 2.5 rain days $785 0 City
#168 ZA Muizenberg South Africa 70 Dry comfort window 21.2°C 3.9 rain days $1,663 0 City
#169 NG Ilorin Nigeria 70 Shoulder season 27.4°C 0.0 rain days $1,087 0 City
#170 PA Coronado Panama 70 Dry comfort window 26.9°C 4.8 rain days $2,200 0 City
#171 NG Ibadan Nigeria 70 Shoulder season 27.8°C 1.0 rain days $1,172 0 City
#172 OM Salalah Oman 70 Dry comfort window 22.9°C 0.8 rain days $2,068 0 City
#173 EG Marsa Alam Egypt 70 Dry comfort window 19.7°C 0.2 rain days $1,332 0 City
#174 AR Mar del Plata Argentina 70 Shoulder season 21.1°C 7.4 rain days $1,672 0 City
#175 IN Udaipur India 70 Shoulder season 15.9°C 1.7 rain days $1,236 0 City
#176 CO Barranquilla Colombia 70 Shoulder season 27.2°C 1.4 rain days $2,177 0 City
#177 ET Bishoftu Ethiopia 70 Shoulder season 17.8°C 0.8 rain days $359 0 City
#178 PE Piura Peru 70 Shoulder season 26.4°C 6.8 rain days $1,457 0 City
#179 ZA Swellendam South Africa 70 Shoulder season 22.7°C 7.0 rain days $1,423 0 City
#180 CV Sal Rei Cape Verde 70 Dry comfort window 22.6°C 0.4 rain days $1,380 0 City
#181 QA Doha Qatar 70 Dry comfort window 18.4°C 2.9 rain days $2,926 0 City
#182 CN Sanya China 70 Dry comfort window 20.9°C 2.3 rain days $2,171 0 City
#183 MA Tamraght Morocco 70 Shoulder season 17.6°C 1.2 rain days $2,036 0 City
#184 GM Bakau Gambia 70 Dry comfort window 25.3°C 0.0 rain days $971 0 City
#185 SN Dakar Senegal 70 Dry comfort window 23.7°C 0.6 rain days $2,012 0 City
#186 UG Hoima Uganda 70 Dry comfort window 23.1°C 1.9 rain days $1,150 0 City
#187 SV Sonsonate El Salvador 70 Dry comfort window 26.1°C 2.5 rain days $1,550 0 City
#188 MX Cuernavaca Mexico 70 Shoulder season 17.9°C 1.2 rain days $2,484 0 City
#189 UG Gulu Uganda 70 Dry comfort window 25.7°C 1.2 rain days $1,461 0 City
#190 EG El Gouna Egypt 70 Shoulder season 17.4°C 0.6 rain days $2,569 0 City
#191 ZA Jeffreys Bay South Africa 70 Shoulder season 22.0°C 5.6 rain days $1,403 0 City
#192 SV La Libertad El Salvador 70 Shoulder season 27.2°C 2.7 rain days $2,600 0 City
#193 SL Kenema Sierra Leone 70 Dry comfort window 26.5°C 1.5 rain days $907 0 City
#194 CR Quepos Costa Rica 70 Dry comfort window 25.9°C 5.0 rain days $2,056 0 City
#195 BR Rio de Janeiro Brazil 70 Shoulder season 26.0°C 14.7 rain days $2,664 0 City
#196 GM Tanji Gambia 70 Dry comfort window 24.5°C 0.0 rain days $657 0 City
#197 GM Abuko Gambia 70 Dry comfort window 25.0°C 0.0 rain days $708 0 City
#198 GM Brikama Gambia 70 Dry comfort window 23.6°C 0.0 rain days $863 0 City
#199 IN Madurai India 70 Shoulder season 25.6°C 7.0 rain days $1,066 0 City
#200 TH Phuket Thailand 70 Shoulder season 26.8°C 10.3 rain days $2,245 0 City
161–200 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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