January Country Weather Comparison

This page compares the average January temperature and precipitation in all 196 sovereign countries of the world and Greenland between 1991–2020. It is based on data from the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia. Click here for notes.
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Country Average °(F) Monthly (inches)
High Low Precipitation
Afghanistan 42.3 21.5 1.8
Albania 45.3 31.4 4.8
Algeria 66.6 41.8 0.4
Andorra 40.2 26.8 3.4
Angola 83.1 63.1 6.3
Antigua and Barbuda 83.6 72.7 2.7
Argentina 83.6 59.3 3.0
Armenia 30.5 14.6 1.0
Australia 94.6 70.6 3.7
Austria 33.9 22.7 2.2
Azerbaijan 42.2 29.3 1.1
Bahamas 78.5 66.1 1.8
Bahrain 70.0 58.3 0.9
Bangladesh 77.1 54.5 0.4
Barbados 84.2 71.5 4.4
Belarus 27.7 19.2 1.7
Belgium 42.7 33.2 2.9
Belize 81.9 66.9 5.2
Benin 93.5 67.7 0.1
Bhutan 41.4 13.1 0.3
Bolivia 82.5 64.3 7.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.7 27.2 2.9
Botswana 91.3 68.0 3.8
Brazil 87.5 70.3 9.2
Brunei 86.9 75.3 11.8
Bulgaria 37.7 25.4 2.0
Burkina Faso 91.4 64.4 0.0
Burundi 78.4 57.5 6.1
Cambodia 87.5 68.6 0.5
Cameroon 87.6 63.6 0.5
Canada 1.5 -14.6 1.4
Cape Verde 77.1 64.4 0.3
Central African Republic 91.9 60.8 0.2
Chad 85.3 54.4 0.0
Chile 64.8 47.4 2.3
China 30.3 9.2 0.6
Colombia 87.0 68.2 3.8
Comoros 85.1 73.8 11.5
Costa Rica 84.1 70.1 4.3
Croatia 43.1 30.4 3.1
Cuba 81.9 65.0 1.6
Cyprus 58.1 43.4 4.2
Czech Republic 34.6 24.5 1.6
Democratic Republic of the Congo 85.8 66.1 5.0
Denmark 37.7 30.2 2.3
Djibouti 84.6 66.9 0.4
Dominica 84.4 71.1 5.4
Dominican Republic 83.7 64.6 3.0
East Timor 85.2 71.0 9.4
Ecuador 82.2 61.6 6.7
Egypt 69.0 44.5 0.2
El Salvador 88.7 63.7 0.3
Equatorial Guinea 84.9 71.0 4.6
Eritrea 84.8 60.3 0.3
Estonia 30.1 21.2 1.9
Eswatini 87.4 69.1 5.3
Ethiopia 85.7 57.3 0.5
Federated States of Micronesia 86.9 76.2 10.0
Fiji 87.1 72.8 13.1
Finland 22.1 8.8 1.6
France 45.5 34.9 2.9
Gabon 86.0 71.5 5.9
Gambia 94.1 61.7 0.0
Georgia 33.2 18.2 3.4
Germany 38.1 29.0 2.1
Ghana 93.0 69.3 0.4
Greece 51.0 38.9 4.0
Greenland -10.6 -24.9 1.8
Grenada 84.6 70.5 3.3
Guatemala 81.6 61.5 2.6
Guinea 90.1 61.4 0.1
Guinea-Bissau 93.4 65.0 0.0
Guyana 86.0 70.9 7.2
Haiti 83.3 64.6 1.8
Honduras 81.0 64.9 3.9
Hungary 36.5 25.9 1.3
Iceland 32.5 22.9 4.6
India 75.1 50.3 0.5
Indonesia 86.5 71.3 10.8
Iran 53.6 33.0 1.3
Iraq 59.1 39.5 1.3
Ireland 46.8 37.3 4.8
Israel 62.1 46.0 4.3
Italy 49.7 38.0 2.6
Ivory Coast 92.0 67.2 0.5
Jamaica 84.8 68.7 2.8
Japan 40.5 27.2 3.4
Jordan 58.1 37.8 0.9
Kazakhstan 20.4 5.1 0.7
Kenya 90.3 66.8 1.1
Kiribati 88.1 77.9 9.8
Kosovo 36.6 24.2 2.8
Kuwait 65.7 47.1 0.9
Kyrgyzstan 17.6 -0.1 0.9
Laos 76.5 56.7 1.5
Latvia 30.2 21.6 1.9
Lebanon 53.6 40.0 6.4
Lesotho 74.6 51.9 5.4
Liberia 87.7 66.1 1.3
Libya 65.7 43.5 0.4
Liechtenstein 35.3 24.5 2.2
Lithuania 30.1 21.9 1.9
Luxembourg 39.4 29.9 3.6
Madagascar 85.0 70.2 12.2
Malawi 83.0 67.7 10.0
Malaysia 85.4 72.1 11.8
Maldives 87.9 76.5 4.5
Mali 84.8 57.4 0.0
Malta 61.3 49.1 2.4
Marshall Islands 86.0 77.4 6.6
Mauritania 80.7 57.9 0.0
Mauritius 84.8 71.3 11.2
Mexico 75.1 47.6 0.8
Moldova 33.7 23.7 1.3
Monaco 50.0 38.8 2.6
Mongolia 6.5 -15.7 0.1
Montenegro 39.2 27.0 4.8
Morocco 65.0 45.5 1.1
Mozambique 88.2 72.0 9.3
Myanmar 79.1 54.1 0.4
Namibia 87.2 64.2 2.5
Nauru 87.6 76.4 10.5
Nepal 47.0 20.3 0.7
Netherlands 42.7 33.9 2.7
New Zealand 69.7 50.9 4.4
Nicaragua 84.7 69.3 3.8
Niger 80.5 52.4 0.0
Nigeria 90.4 63.2 0.2
North Korea 23.7 4.8 0.5
North Macedonia 38.0 25.0 1.8
Norway 28.6 18.3 4.5
Oman 77.9 57.9 0.2
Pakistan 61.4 36.1 0.8
Palau 87.7 75.5 10.8
Panama 84.9 71.5 3.7
Papua New Guinea 87.0 69.5 11.7
Paraguay 92.2 72.5 5.5
Peru 79.1 59.5 6.7
Philippines 85.0 71.0 6.6
Poland 31.8 22.7 1.4
Portugal 56.6 42.3 4.3
Qatar 71.2 56.8 0.6
Republic of the Congo 85.6 68.4 4.3
Romania 35.1 22.5 1.4
Russia -2.8 -17.4 0.9
Rwanda 76.4 53.6 4.3
Saint Kitts and Nevis 83.8 73.1 3.5
Saint Lucia 82.8 70.8 5.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83.0 70.8 5.3
Samoa 87.0 77.9 17.7
San Marino 47.0 35.5 1.9
Saudi Arabia 70.8 48.3 0.5
Senegal 92.5 62.0 0.0
Serbia 38.6 27.2 1.8
Seychelles 85.6 75.4 13.8
Sierra Leone 89.8 66.5 0.3
Singapore 85.8 74.9 11.4
Slovakia 33.0 21.3 1.7
Slovenia 37.4 24.7 2.0
Solomon Islands 86.7 72.9 13.7
Somalia 88.6 67.7 0.1
South Africa 87.0 62.5 2.8
South Korea 39.9 22.6 1.3
South Sudan 96.3 65.8 0.1
Spain 51.8 36.2 2.4
Sri Lanka 85.5 72.2 4.3
Sudan 85.4 55.7 0.0
Suriname 85.8 71.1 8.0
Sweden 26.0 13.1 1.8
Switzerland 34.4 24.4 2.9
Syria 52.9 36.1 2.4
São Tomé and Príncipe 84.6 72.8 6.3
Taiwan n/a n/a n/a
Tajikistan 19.6 3.6 2.5
Tanzania 83.9 65.8 5.8
Thailand 87.0 64.6 1.0
Togo 93.6 69.5 0.3
Tonga 85.6 76.1 8.7
Trinidad and Tobago 85.5 70.2 3.6
Tunisia 60.9 43.9 1.6
Turkey 40.1 25.5 3.0
Turkmenistan 44.4 28.5 0.7
Tuvalu 89.1 77.4 13.6
Uganda 88.2 62.6 1.7
Ukraine 30.9 21.3 1.6
United Arab Emirates 74.9 55.9 0.3
United Kingdom 44.2 35.6 4.9
United States 36.9 17.3 2.4
Uruguay 85.9 65.4 4.5
Uzbekistan 36.1 20.8 1.0
Vanuatu 85.4 72.5 12.7
Vatican City 56.0 39.8 4.0
Venezuela 87.4 67.9 2.0
Vietnam 75.2 62.6 1.6
Yemen 78.5 56.2 0.1
Zambia 83.1 64.7 9.3
Zimbabwe 85.8 66.5 7.0
Notes:
  • These data should be considered estimates as weather station coverage is not perfect.
  • Countries do not include their overseas territories. For example, Puerto Rico is not included in the U.S.
  • France includes only the European part of France, not French Guinea or other overseas regions
  • There is no data for Taiwan
  • Data for the Vatican does not come from the East Anglia dataset, but from a weather station in Rome
  • Data for Israel does not include the Palestinian Territories
  • Data for Morocco includes Western Sahara