Climate averages 1991–2020
Bago weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bago: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Chaung (49 km away). In January its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Bago, with 3.8 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Bago ranks joint 7th of 49 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Bago is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.9 mm to 2.7 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bago climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.9 | 0.8 | 11.211 h |
| February | 33.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 2.7 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| March | 36.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 9.9 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 44 | 5.0 | 12.513 h |
| May | 33.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 290 | 22.5 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 530 | 29.6 | 13.113 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 562 | 30.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 548 | 30.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 381 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 170 | 19.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 34 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| December | 30.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 5.6 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- San Chaung in JanuaryMyanmar · 49 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Taikkyi in JanuaryMyanmar · 55 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Yangon in JanuaryMyanmar · 68 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Hlaingthaya in JanuaryMyanmar · 70 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in JanuaryMyanmar · 70 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Nyaunglebin in JanuaryMyanmar · 73 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Kyauktan in JanuaryMyanmar · 79 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Thaton in JanuaryMyanmar · 105 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 6.2 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bago) is explained once on the Bago year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.