Climate averages 1991–2020

Thayetmyo weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 16.6°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 7.1 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Thayetmyo · average highYear overview

January is a hot month in Thayetmyo: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 7.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pyay (56 km away). In January its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Thayetmyo, with 7.3 mm of rain.

Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Thayetmyo ranks joint 17th of 49 for the warmest January highs and 24th of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Thayetmyo is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.1 mm to under 1 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. 1015202530354045 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 3500

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

Every month, side by side

Thayetmyo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Thayetmyo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 29.2°C16.6°C16.6°C7.10.611.111 h
February 32.6°C18.4°C18.4°C0.40.111.512 h
March 36.3°C21.5°C21.5°C3.90.912.012 h
April 38.1°C25.1°C25.1°C182.212.613 h
May 35.0°C26.1°C26.1°C13316.713.013 h
June 30.4°C25.0°C25.0°C31327.613.313 h
July 29.5°C24.6°C24.6°C31029.613.213 h
August 29.4°C24.5°C24.5°C27728.912.813 h
September 30.1°C24.4°C24.4°C22826.012.312 h
October 30.5°C23.9°C23.9°C12918.411.712 h
November 29.9°C21.5°C21.5°C274.511.211 h
December 28.7°C18.2°C18.2°C5.80.911.011 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 Thayetmyo

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 Thayetmyo) is explained once on the Thayetmyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.