Overview
- Fresh national advice highlights long-haul options in their warm season, naming Buenos Aires, Barbados, Dubai, Ho Chi Minh City and Melbourne with average January temperatures typically in the mid to high 20s Celsius.
- Updated UK short-haul picks focus on destinations reachable in roughly three to five hours from Manchester, including Tenerife, Madeira, Cyprus, Malta, the Algarve and Malaga.
- Tenerife is singled out as Europe’s warmest January choice at roughly 19–21C, offering beach time and hikes in Teide National Park, though winter counts as local peak season with busy resorts.
- Practical planning details include sunshine expectations, flight times and activities, with notes that brief rain can pass through Madeira and Cyprus and that sea temperatures in Madeira and Malta hover around 18–19C.
- Guidance underscores value for money in Europe, noting January often brings lower prices and thinner crowds even as some perennial winter hotspots stay lively.