Climate averages 1991–2020
Lakang weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd 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 Lakang: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yingjiang (76 km away). In January its highs average 22.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Lakang, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Lakang ranks 42nd of 49 for the warmest January highs and 47th of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Lakang is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 29 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
Lakang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 26 | 3.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 29 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 30.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 41 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 102 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 390 | 23.4 | 13.313 h |
| June | 28.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 580 | 29.4 | 13.614 h |
| July | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 522 | 30.4 | 13.514 h |
| August | 28.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 443 | 29.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 340 | 26.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 212 | 18.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 47 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 17 | 2.1 | 10.611 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
- Yingjiang in JanuaryChina · 76 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Myitkyina in JanuaryMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Mu-se in JanuaryMyanmar · 103 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Tengyue in JanuaryChina · 139 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Menghuan in JanuaryChina · 143 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Longling County in JanuaryChina · 152 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Lashio in JanuaryMyanmar · 200 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in JanuaryChina · 206 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 29 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 Lakang) is explained once on the Lakang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.