Climate averages 1991–2020
Kēng Tung weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 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 Kēng Tung: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Möng Yang (35 km away). In January its highs average 23.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than Kēng Tung, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Kēng Tung ranks 37th of 49 for the warmest January highs and joint 43rd of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Kēng Tung is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 11 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
Kēng Tung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 20 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 27.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 30.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 20 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 45 | 7.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 125 | 16.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 181 | 24.7 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 319 | 28.6 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 309 | 28.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 180 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 89 | 14.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 35 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 23.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.811 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
- Möng Yang in JanuaryMyanmar · 35 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in JanuaryChina · 100 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Menglang in JanuaryChina · 104 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Pu'er in JanuaryChina · 168 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Chiang Rai in JanuaryThailand · 192 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Ning’er in JanuaryChina · 194 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Lincang in JanuaryChina · 251 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Lashio in JanuaryMyanmar · 267 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 12 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 Kēng Tung) is explained once on the Kēng Tung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.