Climate averages 1991–2020
Myitkyina 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 Myitkyina: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 20 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 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lakang (83 km away). In January its highs average 23.3°C, about as warm as Myitkyina, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Myitkyina ranks 40th 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; Myitkyina is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 22 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
Myitkyina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.7°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 20 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 22 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 30.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 66 | 7.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 31.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 216 | 18.6 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 485 | 28.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 27.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 575 | 29.2 | 13.614 h |
| August | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 433 | 27.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 253 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 130 | 13.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 23 | 3.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 8.9 | 1.5 | 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
- Lakang in JanuaryMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Yingjiang in JanuaryChina · 93 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Tengyue in JanuaryChina · 120 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in JanuaryChina · 155 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Longling County in JanuaryChina · 158 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 6.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Menghuan in JanuaryChina · 160 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Mu-se in JanuaryMyanmar · 162 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in JanuaryChina · 180 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 Myitkyina) is explained once on the Myitkyina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.