Winter sun by month
Where's hot in January
Every destination we track, warmest first, by its average daytime high in January — not the annual average, and not a forecast. Beside each: how long the flight is, which UK airports fly it direct, and the cheapest January fare we have measured.
The winter sun band: Morocco, Egypt, the Canaries, Madeira, Cyprus, Cape Verde and Türkiye.
Within seven hours in January
| Destination | Average high | Flight from London | Direct from | January fare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sal Cape Verde | 25°C | 6h 12m | 6 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
| Hurghada Egypt | 22°C | 5h 32m | 9 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
| Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt | 22°C | 5h 30m | 7 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
| Lanzarote Spain | 21°C | 4h 03m | 10 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
| Tenerife Spain | 21°C | 4h 16m | 10 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
| Agadir Morocco | 20°C | 3h 42m | 8 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
| Madeira Portugal | 19°C | 3h 44m | 9 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
| Marrakesh Morocco | 19°C | 3h 30m | 10 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
| Istanbul Türkiye | 9°C | 3h 47m | 4 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
Worth the flight for ten nights or more.
Long-haul in January
| Destination | Average high | Flight from London | Direct from | January fare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok Thailand | 32°C | 11h 31m | 2 UK airports London, Manchester | £870 Bristol, 16 Jan – 27 Jan |
| Phuket Thailand | 32°C | 11h 55m | 2 UK airports London, Manchester | £793 Birmingham, 27 Jan – 8 Feb |
| Zanzibar Tanzania | 32°C | 9h 24m | No UK nonstop | £709 Birmingham, 10 Jan – 22 Jan |
| Bali Indonesia | 31°C | 14h 30m | No UK nonstop | Today's fare → |
| Sri Lanka CMB | 31°C | 10h 41m | London | Today's fare → |
| Maldives MLE | 30°C | 10h 29m | London | Today's fare → |
| Seychelles SEZ | 30°C | 10h 09m | No UK nonstop | Today's fare → |
| Montego Bay Jamaica | 29°C | 10h 02m | 3 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham | Today's fare → |
| Cancún Mexico | 28°C | 10h 29m | 6 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
| Cape Town South Africa | 26°C | 11h 55m | London | £625 Birmingham, 15 Jan – 30 Jan |
| Dubai UAE | 24°C | 7h 05m | 6 UK airports London, Manchester, Birmingham … | Today's fare → |
| Miami USA | 24°C | 9h 34m | London | £388 London, 28 Jan – 8 Feb |
| Orlando USA | 22°C | 9h 24m | 3 UK airports London, Manchester, Edinburgh | £399 Manchester, 13 Jan – 25 Jan |
| Los Angeles USA | 20°C | 11h 21m | London | £524 Manchester, 21 Jan – 31 Jan |
| Las Vegas USA | 14°C | 10h 58m | 2 UK airports London, Manchester | Today's fare → |
| Tokyo Japan | 10°C | 11h 32m | London | £768 Glasgow, 16 Jan – 27 Jan |
| New York USA | 4°C | 7h 48m | 4 UK airports London, Manchester, Edinburgh … | £450 Glasgow, 22 Jan – 5 Feb |
The short answer
Where is hot in January from the UK?
The warmest places within seven hours of the UK in January are Sal (25°C), Hurghada (22°C) and Sharm el-Sheikh (22°C), going by average daytime highs. Further out, Bangkok (32°C), Phuket (32°C) and Zanzibar (32°C) are the warmest of the long-haul destinations we track. The cheapest January fare we have measured is Miami at £388 return from London.
A January fare appears only where one of our searches found its cheapest week in January. Every UK airport is searched across the next six months and kept at its own cheapest week, so a destination without one here had a cheaper week in another month — it is not sold out. Fares were measured on 30 September 2026; the destination guide carries today's fare from every airport.
Withheld this month
Not on our boards in January
We stop publishing fares to Mauritius, Paphos, Dalaman and Antalya in January. A cheap fare there that month is cheap for a reason — the weather, the sea, or half the resort shut for the season — and each guide says which.
The rest of the season
Another month
Warm is half of it. The fare is the other.
The winter sun board has today's cheapest fare to every destination on this page, from whichever of ten UK airports has it.
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