Climate averages 1991–2020
Lashio weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th 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 Lashio: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mu-se (119 km away). In January its highs average 22.1°C, about as warm as Lashio, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Lashio ranks 45th of 49 for the warmest January highs and joint 38th of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Lashio is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 8.5 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
Lashio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 12 | 1.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 25.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 8.5 | 1.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 9.7 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 30 | 7.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 139 | 18.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 219 | 26.1 | 13.514 h |
| July | 26.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 328 | 28.6 | 13.413 h |
| August | 26.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 383 | 29.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 26.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 282 | 25.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 144 | 18.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 42 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 10 | 1.6 | 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
- Mu-se in JanuaryMyanmar · 119 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Mogok in JanuaryMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Pyin Oo Lwin in JanuaryMyanmar · 166 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Menghuan in JanuaryChina · 187 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Yingjiang in JanuaryChina · 198 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Lakang in JanuaryMyanmar · 200 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Mandalay in JanuaryMyanmar · 202 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Longling County in JanuaryChina · 207 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.2°C · 37 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 Lashio) is explained once on the Lashio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.