Sunshine by destination in January

Notable, well-known destinations ranked by sunshine in January, from real monthly climate normals — the sunniest and the cloudiest. Tap any place for its full January weather breakdown.

Sunniest in January

15
  1. 1San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 Argentina13.1 h/day
  2. 2Cape Town 🇿🇦 South Africa12.9 h/day
  3. 3Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina11.9 h/day
  4. 4Auckland 🇳🇿 New Zealand11.7 h/day
  5. 5Queenstown 🇳🇿 New Zealand11.0 h/day
  6. 6Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya11.0 h/day
  7. 7Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 Ecuador10.9 h/day
  8. 8Zanzibar 🇹🇿 Tanzania10.7 h/day
  9. 9Cartagena 🇨🇴 Colombia10.6 h/day
  10. 10Lima 🇵🇪 Peru10.5 h/day
  11. 11Philipsburg 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten10.4 h/day
  12. 12Mumbai 🇮🇳 India10.3 h/day
  13. 13Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia10.3 h/day
  14. 14San Juan 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico10.3 h/day
  15. 15Bangkok 🇹🇭 Thailand10.1 h/day

Cloudiest in January

15
  1. 1Reykjavík 🇮🇸 Iceland1.4 h/day
  2. 2Oslo 🇳🇴 Norway2.4 h/day
  3. 3Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Netherlands3.5 h/day
  4. 4Paris 🇫🇷 France3.5 h/day
  5. 5Whistler 🇨🇦 Canada3.6 h/day
  6. 6London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom3.6 h/day
  7. 7Vancouver 🇨🇦 Canada3.7 h/day
  8. 8Istanbul 🇹🇷 Turkey5.8 h/day
  9. 9New York 🇺🇸 United States6.0 h/day
  10. 10Shanghai 🇨🇳 China6.0 h/day
  11. 11Rome 🇮🇹 Italy6.5 h/day
  12. 12San Francisco 🇺🇸 United States6.8 h/day
  13. 13Bukhara 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan7.0 h/day
  14. 14Almaty 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan7.0 h/day
  15. 15Tbilisi 🇬🇪 Georgia7.1 h/day