Climate averages 1991–2020
Taungdwingyi weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Taungdwingyi: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Magway (66 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Taungdwingyi, with 5.6 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Taungdwingyi ranks joint 23rd of 49 for the warmest January highs and 23rd of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Taungdwingyi is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.6 mm to under 1 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
Taungdwingyi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 6.6 | 0.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 31.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 35.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 14 | 1.9 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 116 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 30.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 221 | 25.8 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 246 | 28.6 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 243 | 28.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 217 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 128 | 19.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| December | 28.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 7.1 | 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
- Magway in JanuaryMyanmar · 66 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in JanuaryMyanmar · 68 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Pyinmana in JanuaryMyanmar · 75 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Thayetmyo in JanuaryMyanmar · 85 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Yenangyaung in JanuaryMyanmar · 87 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Meiktila in JanuaryMyanmar · 102 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Chauk in JanuaryMyanmar · 125 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Kalaw in JanuaryMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 9.0 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 Taungdwingyi) is explained once on the Taungdwingyi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.