Climate averages 1991–2020
Yangon weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Yangon: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.1 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 11 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Set Ka Lay (5 km away). In January its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Yangon, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Yangon ranks joint 7th of 49 for the warmest January highs and joint 5th of 49 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 49 cities is 27.5°C; Yangon is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.1 mm to 2.1 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
Yangon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 11.211 h |
| February | 33.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 11 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 41 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 270 | 22.3 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 450 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 484 | 30.6 | 13.013 h |
| August | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 482 | 30.8 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 359 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 173 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 35 | 4.5 | 11.411 h |
| December | 30.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 4.7 | 0.7 | 11.111 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
- Set Ka Lay in JanuaryMyanmar · 5 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Hlaingthaya in JanuaryMyanmar · 11 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Kyauktan in JanuaryMyanmar · 26 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 4.1 mm rain
- San Chaung in JanuaryMyanmar · 33 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Taikkyi in JanuaryMyanmar · 60 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Dawbon in JanuaryMyanmar · 67 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Bago in JanuaryMyanmar · 68 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Hinthada in JanuaryMyanmar · 120 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 5.6 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 Yangon) is explained once on the Yangon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kyauktan lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.