USA 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 Fahrenheit. You can also view the temperatures in degrees Celsius.

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 °F	Low °F		Inches	Days
		Hawaii
82	64	Kahului, Maui	2.4	8
81	69	Kailua Kona, Hawaii Big Island	1.4	3
81	67	Honolulu, Oahu	1.8	8
79	64	Hilo, Hawaii Big Island	7.9	16
79	66	Lihue, Kauai	2.8	12
77	63	Kilauea, Kauai	4.5	18
		Florida
78	55	Everglades National Park	1.7	7
76	61	Miami	1.8	8
76	66	Key West	1.8	7
75	54	Ft. Myers	2.4	6
71	53	Tampa	2.7	7
71	52	Orlando & Disney World	2.6	8
69	49	Daytona Beach	2.7	8
66	47	Jacksonville	2.9	8
64	43	Panama City	4.8	9
		California
71	49	Anaheim & Disneyland	3.2	6
71	48	Palm Springs	1.1	3
70	46	Anza-Borrego Desert State Park	1.2	4
68	49	Los Angeles	3.3	6
67	43	Death Valley National Park	0.4	2
67	47	Santa Barbara	4.4	7
66	50	San Diego	2.0	7
		Arizona
71	41	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	1.0	3
70	48	Yuma	0.4	3
68	46	Phoenix	0.9	4
67	43	Scottsdale	1.1	4
67	41	Tucson	0.8	4
65	43	Lake Havasu City	0.8	3
		Texas
70	32	Rio Grande Village, Big Bend Park	–	–
68	55	South Padre Island	–	–
68	48	Corpus Christi	1.4	7
64	46	Houston	4.1	10
		Louisiana
64	44	Houma	5.6	10
63	46	New Orleans	5.2	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 °F
Honolulu, Hawaii	76
Hilo, Hawaii	72
Miami, Florida	71
Key West, Florida	69
Grand Isle, Louisiana	61
Daytona, Florida	61
South Padre Island, Texas	58
San Diego, California	58
Santa Barbara, California	56