US Vacation Spots With Warm Weather in January

Here's the weather data you need to plan a warm January holiday in the United States. You can compare January weather for dozens of the warmest winter vacation spots that the US has to offer.

Gathered together here are average monthly temperatures, rainfall, sunshine and ocean temperatures.

The information covers destination cities, beaches, parks and resorts, along with theme parks and national parks in the warmest regions of the warmest states in winter: Hawaii, Florida, California, Arizona, Texas and Louisiana.

This page gives temperatures in degrees Celsius. You can also view the temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.

Best January Vacation Weather in the Continental US

Temperature and Rainfall

January weather at warm vacation spots in the United States:
average daily temperature and monthly rainfall

Temper­ature		Place	Total Rainfall
High °C	Low °C		Milli­metres	Days
		Hawaii
28	18	Kahului, Maui	61	8
27	20	Kailua Kona, Hawaii Big Island	34	3
27	19	Honolulu, Oahu	47	8
26	18	Hilo, Hawaii Big Island	200	16
26	19	Lihue, Kauai	71	12
25	17	Kilauea, Kauai	115	18
		Florida
26	13	Everglades National Park	43	7
25	16	Miami	46	8
24	19	Key West	46	7
24	12	Ft. Myers	62	6
22	12	Tampa	67	7
22	11	Orlando & Disney World	66	8
21	9	Daytona Beach	69	8
19	8	Jacksonville	74	8
18	6	Panama City	122	9
		California
22	9	Anaheim & Disneyland	80	6
21	9	Palm Springs	29	3
21	8	Anza-Borrego Desert State Park	29	4
20	9	Los Angeles	84	6
20	6	Death Valley National Park	9	2
19	8	Santa Barbara	113	7
19	10	San Diego	50	7
		Arizona
22	5	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	25	3
21	9	Yuma	10	3
20	8	Phoenix	22	4
19	6	Scottsdale	28	4
19	5	Tucson	21	4
18	6	Lake Havasu City	19	3
		Texas
21	0	Rio Grande Village, Big Bend Park	–	–
20	13	South Padre Island & Port Isabel	–	–
20	9	Corpus Christi	35	7
18	8	Houston	104	10
		Louisiana
18	6	Houma	141	10
17	8	New Orleans	132	10

Sunshine

Amount of sun that warm US cities get in January, measured by the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground

City	% Sun
Yuma, Arizona	84
Tucson, Arizona	80
Phoenix, Arizona	78
Key West, Florida	74
San Diego, California	72
Los Angeles, CA	69
Miami, Florida	66
Tampa, Florida	66
Honolulu, Hawaii	65
Kahului, Maui	64
Lihue, Hawaii	52
New Orleans, LA	46
Hilo, Hawaii	46
Corpus Christi, Texas	44

Ocean Temperature

Average January ocean temperatures at warm American beaches

Beach	Water °C
Honolulu, Hawaii	24
Hilo, Hawaii	22
Miami, Florida	22
Key West, Florida	21
Grand Isle, Louisiana	16
Daytona, Florida	16
South Padre Island, Texas	14
San Diego, California	14
Santa Barbara, California	13