Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandalay weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest 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 Mandalay: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.4 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 10 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Amarapura (8 km away). In January its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Mandalay, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Mandalay ranks 32nd of 49 for the warmest January highs and joint 29th of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Mandalay is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.4 mm to 3.7 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
Mandalay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 8.4 | 0.9 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 3.7 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 35.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 12 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 154 | 15.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 119 | 18.0 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 117 | 18.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 165 | 21.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 185 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 164 | 18.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 47 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 10 | 1.2 | 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
- Amarapura in JanuaryMyanmar · 8 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Pyin Oo Lwin in JanuaryMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Shwebo in JanuaryMyanmar · 77 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Myingyan in JanuaryMyanmar · 92 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Monywa in JanuaryMyanmar · 99 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Mogok in JanuaryMyanmar · 114 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Meiktila in JanuaryMyanmar · 124 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Pakokku in JanuaryMyanmar · 125 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 6.5 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 Mandalay) is explained once on the Mandalay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Amarapura lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.