Climate averages 1991–2020
Sittwe weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the joint 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 Sittwe: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.0 mm of rain on fewer than one 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 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyaukpyu (105 km away). In January its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Sittwe, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Sittwe ranks 35th of 49 for the warmest January highs and 26th of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Sittwe is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.0 mm to 3.8 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
Sittwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.0 | 0.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 28.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 3.8 | 0.5 | 11.511 h |
| March | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 8.0 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 22 | 4.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 261 | 20.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 28.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 661 | 29.5 | 13.313 h |
| July | 28.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 763 | 30.6 | 13.213 h |
| August | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 598 | 30.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 393 | 28.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 211 | 20.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 39 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 12 | 1.0 | 10.911 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
- Kyaukpyu in JanuaryMyanmar · 105 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Ann in JanuaryMyanmar · 126 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Cox’s Bāzār in JanuaryBangladesh · 171 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Yenangyaung in JanuaryMyanmar · 209 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Magway in JanuaryMyanmar · 212 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Chauk in JanuaryMyanmar · 217 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Thandwe in JanuaryMyanmar · 242 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Thayetmyo in JanuaryMyanmar · 256 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 7.1 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 Sittwe) is explained once on the Sittwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.