Climate averages 1991–2020
Mawlamyine weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Mawlamyine: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mudon (28 km away). In January its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Mawlamyine, with 9.0 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Mawlamyine ranks joint 7th of 49 for the warmest January highs and 31st of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Mawlamyine is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.7 mm to 5.6 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
Mawlamyine climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 8.7 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| February | 32.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.6 | 0.7 | 11.612 h |
| March | 33.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 23 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 65 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| May | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 374 | 27.0 | 12.913 h |
| June | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 642 | 29.8 | 13.113 h |
| July | 27.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 733 | 30.9 | 13.013 h |
| August | 27.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 713 | 30.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 28.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 469 | 28.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 163 | 19.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 27 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| December | 30.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 8.7 | 0.9 | 11.211 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
- Mudon in JanuaryMyanmar · 28 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Thaton in JanuaryMyanmar · 55 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Kyauktan in JanuaryMyanmar · 140 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Bago in JanuaryMyanmar · 154 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Yangon in JanuaryMyanmar · 161 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in JanuaryMyanmar · 165 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Hlaingthaya in JanuaryMyanmar · 171 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 4.4 mm rain
- San Chaung in JanuaryMyanmar · 176 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 3.8 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 Mawlamyine) is explained once on the Mawlamyine year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.