Climate averages 1991–2020
Pyin Oo Lwin 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 Pyin Oo Lwin: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 9.9°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 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 Mandalay (39 km away). In January its highs average 27.3°C, 5.0°C warmer than Pyin Oo Lwin, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Pyin Oo Lwin ranks 44th 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; Pyin Oo Lwin is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 8.3 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
Pyin Oo Lwin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 12 | 1.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 24.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 8.3 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 14 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 | 5.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 161 | 18.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 26.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 190 | 26.5 | 13.513 h |
| July | 25.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 208 | 27.6 | 13.313 h |
| August | 25.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 278 | 29.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 25.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 260 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 182 | 23.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 23.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 58 | 7.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 22.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 17 | 2.0 | 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
- Mandalay in JanuaryMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Amarapura in JanuaryMyanmar · 44 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Shwebo in JanuaryMyanmar · 98 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Mogok in JanuaryMyanmar · 98 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Myingyan in JanuaryMyanmar · 128 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Monywa in JanuaryMyanmar · 136 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Meiktila in JanuaryMyanmar · 143 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Heho in JanuaryMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 13 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 Pyin Oo Lwin) is explained once on the Pyin Oo Lwin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.