Climate averages 1991–2020

Shwebo 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.

Average high 27.1°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 15.1°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 6.5 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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January is a warm month in Shwebo: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 6.5 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 55 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mandalay (77 km away). In January its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Shwebo, with 8.4 mm of rain.

Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Shwebo ranks joint 33rd of 49 for the warmest January highs and joint 20th of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Shwebo is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.5 mm to 4.9 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Shwebo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Shwebo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 27.1°C15.1°C15.1°C6.50.910.911 h
February 30.6°C17.5°C17.5°C4.90.911.411 h
March 35.0°C21.8°C21.8°C141.512.012 h
April 37.2°C25.6°C25.6°C356.212.713 h
May 34.6°C26.1°C26.1°C21819.213.213 h
June 32.2°C26.0°C26.0°C17022.813.513 h
July 31.7°C25.7°C25.7°C16123.913.413 h
August 31.0°C25.3°C25.3°C20124.912.913 h
September 30.7°C24.8°C24.8°C23624.212.312 h
October 29.8°C23.4°C23.4°C20820.811.612 h
November 28.2°C19.7°C19.7°C475.511.111 h
December 26.7°C16.1°C16.1°C8.61.410.811 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

Distance from Shwebo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shwebo) is explained once on the Shwebo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.