Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalaw weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kalaw: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heho (29 km away). In January its highs average 22.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kalaw, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Kalaw ranks 47th of 49 for the warmest January highs and joint 32nd of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Kalaw is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.0 mm to 3.6 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
Kalaw climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 9.0 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| February | 24.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.511 h |
| March | 27.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 6.7 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 25 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 26.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 190 | 20.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 24.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 305 | 29.2 | 13.413 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 321 | 30.2 | 13.313 h |
| August | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 357 | 30.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 24.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 341 | 28.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 221 | 24.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 23.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 50 | 7.1 | 11.211 h |
| December | 21.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 12 | 2.0 | 10.911 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
- Heho in JanuaryMyanmar · 29 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in JanuaryMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Taunggyi in JanuaryMyanmar · 52 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Meiktila in JanuaryMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Pyinmana in JanuaryMyanmar · 106 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in JanuaryMyanmar · 109 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in JanuaryMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Amarapura in JanuaryMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 8.4 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 Kalaw) is explained once on the Kalaw year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.