Hakha weather in January

In January, Hakha sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 9 mm of rain across 1.3 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Hakha's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hakha's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 9 mm; 1.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:02 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 15%; 1st clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.4; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Hakha reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	19	6
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	20	5
13	20	5
14	20	5
15	20	5
16	20	5
17	20	5
18	20	5
19	20	5
20	20	5
21	20	5
22	20	5
23	20	5
24	20	5
25	20	5
26	20	5
27	20	5
28	21	6
29	21	6
30	21	6
31	21	6

Hakha weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 5°	9	1.3	10.8	8.4
Feb	22° / 7°	9	1.8	11.2	8.8
Mar	25° / 11°	17	3	11.8	8.6
Apr	27° / 14°	34	6.6	12.5	7.3
May	27° / 16°	158	17.4	13.1	5.6
Jun	25° / 18°	302	26.7	13.4	3.8
Jul	25° / 19°	363	29.9	13.2	3.5
Aug	25° / 18°	304	30.2	12.8	3.5
Sep	25° / 18°	239	26.8	12.1	3.9
Oct	24° / 16°	153	21.3	11.5	5.2
Nov	22° / 12°	39	6.2	10.9	7.7
Dec	20° / 7°	13	1.5	10.6	8.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92
Cloudier (%)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Hakha gets around 9 mm of rain over 1.3 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	4
12	4
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	4
31	4

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in January

Winds average 3 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of January to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00
Sunset (PM)	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:00	5:38
2	10.6	7:00	5:38
3	10.6	7:00	5:39
4	10.6	7:01	5:40
5	10.7	7:01	5:40
6	10.7	7:01	5:41
7	10.7	7:01	5:41
8	10.7	7:01	5:42
9	10.7	7:02	5:43
10	10.7	7:02	5:43
11	10.7	7:02	5:44
12	10.7	7:02	5:45
13	10.7	7:02	5:45
14	10.7	7:02	5:46
15	10.7	7:02	5:47
16	10.8	7:02	5:47
17	10.8	7:02	5:48
18	10.8	7:02	5:49
19	10.8	7:02	5:49
20	10.8	7:02	5:50
21	10.8	7:02	5:51
22	10.8	7:02	5:51
23	10.8	7:02	5:52
24	10.9	7:02	5:53
25	10.9	7:02	5:54
26	10.9	7:01	5:54
27	10.9	7:01	5:55
28	10.9	7:01	5:56
29	10.9	7:01	5:56
30	10.9	7:01	5:57
31	11.0	7:00	5:58

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.7 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.91 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Hakha

In seasonPeak

None of Hakha's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Hakha's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Hakha?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Hakha for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Hakha in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Hakha sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Hakha in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hakha peaks around July 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	7	8	10	10	12	9	14	13	12	8	8	6
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	12	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	14	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Hakha in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Hakha is worst in March — around 245 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 32.7× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	30	245	94	25	17	10	12	9	8	8	10
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	30	Moderate
Mar	245	Very unhealthy
Apr	94	Unhealthy
May	25	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	10	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	8	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Hakha?

Hakha sits at 22.6°N, 93.6°E, 1,799 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Kalemyo, 76 km away.

Topography around Hakha

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Hakha.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hakha has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,074 m around an average of 1,750 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,751 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,632 m.

The land around Hakha is covered by grassland (59%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, trees (64%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,074 m

grassland 59%

16 km

1,751 m

trees 64%

80 km

2,632 m

trees 85%

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← December Hakha year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Kalemyo 76 km · Mawlaik 137 km · Monywa 168 km · Chittagong 186 km · Ye-u 187 km · Tamu 189 km · Yesagyo 203 km · Kanbalu 205 km

Myanmar travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type A / C / D / F / G / I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,489; 2025
Happiness: 4.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 60%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 444
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Hakha (22.6445°, 93.6108°, elevation 1,799 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	19	6
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	20	5
13	20	5
14	20	5
15	20	5
16	20	5
17	20	5
18	20	5
19	20	5
20	20	5
21	20	5
22	20	5
23	20	5
24	20	5
25	20	5
26	20	5
27	20	5
28	21	6
29	21	6
30	21	6
31	21	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	4
12	4
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	4
31	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	19	6
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	20	5
13	20	5
14	20	5
15	20	5
16	20	5
17	20	5
18	20	5
19	20	5
20	20	5
21	20	5
22	20	5
23	20	5
24	20	5
25	20	5
26	20	5
27	20	5
28	21	6
29	21	6
30	21	6
31	21	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	4
12	4
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	4
31	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	19	6
9	19	5
10	19	5
11	19	5
12	20	5
13	20	5
14	20	5
15	20	5
16	20	5
17	20	5
18	20	5
19	20	5
20	20	5
21	20	5
22	20	5
23	20	5
24	20	5
25	20	5
26	20	5
27	20	5
28	21	6
29	21	6
30	21	6
31	21	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	4
12	4
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	3
22	3
23	3
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	4
31	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0