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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

3167 cities scored for January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#2001 BO Potosí Bolivia 51 Rainy season 11.0°C 17.2 rain days $600 0 City
#2002 SH Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Saint Helena 51 Shoulder season 18.3°C 15.5 rain days $2,035 0 City
#2003 KW Ahmadi Kuwait 51 Shoulder season 14.0°C 3.5 rain days $2,855 0 City
#2004 IL Rishon Lezion Israel 51 Shoulder season 13.6°C 10.3 rain days $3,657 0 City
#2005 AM Stepanavan Armenia 51 Cold season -2.6°C 4.3 rain days $2,008 0 City
#2006 TR Ankara Turkey 51 Cold season 1.9°C 8.9 rain days $1,334 0 City
#2007 AU Airlie Beach Australia 51 Rainy season 26.2°C 18.2 rain days $5,346 0 City
#2008 JO Irbid Jordan 51 Shoulder season 10.9°C 8.3 rain days $1,939 0 City
#2009 PT Ponta Delgada Portugal 51 Rainy season 15.5°C 17.8 rain days $3,108 0 City
#2010 ES Mojacar Spain 51 Shoulder season 11.4°C 4.6 rain days $3,921 0 City
#2011 US Santa Monica United States 51 Shoulder season 12.0°C 5.2 rain days $5,680 0 City
#2012 BM St. Georges Bermuda 51 Shoulder season 18.7°C 13.4 rain days $4,920 0 City
#2013 SB Tulagi Solomon Islands 51 Rainy season 27.2°C 27.1 rain days $3,213 0 City
#2014 KR Jeonju South Korea 51 Cold season 0.2°C 5.2 rain days $2,202 0 City
#2015 IL Ra'anana Israel 51 Shoulder season 13.8°C 10.1 rain days $3,845 0 City
#2016 JO Jerash Jordan 51 Cold season 9.1°C 6.8 rain days $1,601 0 City
#2017 PK Peshawar Pakistan 51 Cold season 10.0°C 3.1 rain days $1,008 0 City
#2018 IT Trapani Italy 51 Shoulder season 12.4°C 11.8 rain days $3,016 0 City
#2019 ES Estepona Spain 51 Shoulder season 13.0°C 8.3 rain days $3,813 0 City
#2020 DZ Batna Algeria 51 Cold season 6.3°C 4.6 rain days $1,858 0 City
#2021 TM Dasoguz Turkmenistan 51 Cold season -1.3°C 2.3 rain days $757 0 City
#2022 AM Artashat Armenia 51 Cold season -0.4°C 2.3 rain days $1,330 0 City
#2023 JP Kyoto Japan 51 Cold season 3.1°C 6.8 rain days $2,434 0 City
#2024 IN McLeod Ganj India 51 Cold season 4.5°C 8.7 rain days $1,351 0 City
#2025 FR Perpignan France 51 Cold season 8.3°C 3.9 rain days $2,527 0 City
#2026 CL Puerto Natales Chile 51 Rainy season 11.4°C 16.8 rain days $1,448 0 City
#2027 BG Varna Bulgaria 51 Cold season 4.8°C 7.2 rain days $1,988 0 City
#2028 YT Mamoudzou Mayotte 51 Rainy season 26.8°C 25.5 rain days $4,350 0 City
#2029 CK Avarua Cook Islands 51 Rainy season 25.9°C 16.1 rain days $4,090 0 City
#2030 NZ Arrowtown New Zealand 51 Shoulder season 16.2°C 9.5 rain days $5,040 0 City
#2031 RE Cilaos Reunion 51 Rainy season 19.2°C 25.0 rain days $3,426 0 City
#2032 UZ Samarkand Uzbekistan 51 Cold season 1.5°C 6.4 rain days $1,935 0 City
#2033 TR Izmir Turkey 51 Cold season 9.8°C 9.9 rain days $2,605 0 City
#2034 IR Sari Iran 51 Cold season 7.5°C 5.8 rain days $384 0 City
#2035 KY Seven Mile Beach Cayman Islands 51 Shoulder season 26.0°C 11.2 rain days $7,152 0 City
#2036 IR Gorgan Iran 51 Cold season 7.6°C 4.8 rain days $647 0 City
#2037 NR Meneng Nauru 51 Rainy season 25.8°C 26.3 rain days $2,596 0 City
#2038 NZ Hokitika New Zealand 51 Shoulder season 16.6°C 12.0 rain days $3,741 0 City
#2039 PK Lahore Pakistan 51 Shoulder season 11.2°C 3.7 rain days $1,581 0 City
#2040 CR Playa Flamingo Costa Rica 51 Rainy season 24.4°C 24.2 rain days $5,242 0 City
2,001–2,040 of 3,167

Best by region

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 EG Dahab Egypt 78 Dry comfort window 18.9°C 1.0 rain days $1,292 0 City
#2 ZA Cape Town South Africa 75 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 2.9 rain days $2,991 0 City
#3 GM Banjul Gambia 75 Dry comfort window 25.4°C 0.0 rain days $701 0 City
#4 ET Adama Ethiopia 75 Dry comfort window 19.7°C 0.8 rain days $505 0 City
#5 CV Praia Cape Verde 75 Dry comfort window 22.8°C 0.6 rain days $1,133 0 City

All of Africa in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AQ McMurdo Station Antarctica 43 Cold season -6.5°C 2.5 rain days $4,280 0 City
#2 AQ Palmer Station Antarctica 36 Rainy season 0.9°C 20.1 rain days $1,080 0 City
#3 TF Port-aux-Francais French Southern Territories 35 Cold season 7.1°C 15.5 rain days $3,408 0 City
#4 AQ Villa Las Estrellas Antarctica 33 Rainy season 1.2°C 19.9 rain days $2,610 0 City
#5 GS Grytviken South Georgia 33 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 82 Dry comfort window 26.7°C 1.7 rain days $2,263 0 City
#2 KH Siem Reap Cambodia 80 Dry comfort window 25.2°C 1.5 rain days $1,287 0 City
#3 KH Phnom Penh Cambodia 79 Dry comfort window 26.3°C 2.1 rain days $1,629 0 City
#4 TH Chiang Mai Thailand 79 Dry comfort window 21.6°C 3.5 rain days $2,041 0 City
#5 IN Bangalore India 78 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 2.1 rain days $1,693 0 City

All of Asia in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 ES Playa del Ingles Spain 71 Dry comfort window 18.6°C 2.9 rain days $2,952 0 City
#2 ES Los Cristianos Spain 71 Dry comfort window 18.5°C 1.2 rain days $3,056 0 City
#3 ES Maspalomas Spain 68 Dry comfort window 18.7°C 2.7 rain days $3,794 0 City
#4 ES El Medano Spain 68 Dry comfort window 18.6°C 1.2 rain days $3,634 0 City
#5 ES Alicante Spain 67 Shoulder season 12.4°C 2.3 rain days $3,570 2 City

All of Europe in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 MX Puerto Vallarta Mexico 77 Dry comfort window 21.1°C 1.0 rain days $2,368 0 City
#2 SV San Salvador El Salvador 76 Dry comfort window 24.3°C 2.3 rain days $1,745 0 City
#3 CR Liberia Costa Rica 76 Dry comfort window 26.7°C 2.5 rain days $1,697 0 City
#4 SV Santa Ana El Salvador 75 Dry comfort window 24.7°C 2.5 rain days $1,560 0 City
#5 MX Cabo San Lucas Mexico 75 Dry comfort window 20.5°C 0.4 rain days $2,989 0 City

All of North America in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AU Fremantle Australia 69 Dry comfort window 24.5°C 0.6 rain days $3,948 0 City
#2 AU Perth Australia 68 Dry comfort window 25.1°C 0.0 rain days $5,096 0 City
#3 AU Melbourne Australia 67 Shoulder season 20.5°C 7.9 rain days $5,328 0 City
#4 AU Margaret River Australia 67 Dry comfort window 20.7°C 2.3 rain days $3,437 0 City
#5 AU Adelaide Australia 67 Dry comfort window 22.2°C 4.3 rain days $4,561 0 City

All of Oceania in January

Seasonal destination scores
Rank City Score Season Weather Cost Events Links
#1 AR Buenos Aires Argentina 78 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 Ica Peru 75 Dry comfort window 24.9°C 2.9 rain days $1,536 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
Sprachencafe- let's speak German together AT Innsbruck Jan 5 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 29 View
AWD - After Work Drinks ES Alicante Jan 29 View