Hinthada weather in January

In January, Hinthada sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 6 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Hinthada's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hinthada's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
9th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
6:46 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover
23%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Hinthada is city located on the Irrawaddy River in Ayeyarwady Region, Burma (Myanmar).

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical January day in Hinthada reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13119
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How January really feels in Hinthada

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 6 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
6
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Hinthada weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 18°60.711.15.7
Feb34° / 19°20.211.43.8
Mar37° / 22°6111.91.7
Apr39° / 25°213.112.40.7
May36° / 26°18919.412.81.6
Jun31° / 26°38229.1132.2
Jul31° / 25°38430.2132.3
Aug31° / 25°35730.612.62.3
Sep32° / 25°26327.912.12.3
Oct32° / 25°14620.611.62.9
Nov32° / 23°364.911.24.7
Dec31° / 20°40.9116.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28416
38416
48317
58317
68317
78317
88317
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Hinthada gets around 6 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
13
23
33
43
53
63
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 19% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
111753263
211853253
311954242
412054232
502155222
602255212
702355202
812453202
912553192
1012652192
1112752182
1212851182
1312951172
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1513150162
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
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217calm
227calm
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287calm
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307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:43 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:435:40
211.06:435:41
311.06:435:41
411.06:435:42
511.06:445:42
611.06:445:43
711.06:445:44
811.06:455:44
911.06:455:45
1011.06:455:45
1111.06:455:46
1211.06:455:47
1311.06:465:47
1411.06:465:48
1511.06:465:48
1611.06:465:49
1711.16:465:50
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1911.16:465:51
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
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265.5Bright
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305.5Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Hinthada

In seasonPeak

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

Hinthada sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Hinthada's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Hinthada?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Hinthada for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Hinthada in January

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

In January, Hinthada sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Hinthada in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hinthada peaks around August 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 11UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Hinthada 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 Hinthada is worst in March — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.5× the cleanest month (July, 17 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateMar 1459 µg/m³Jul 1517 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar61Unhealthy
Apr37Poor
May24Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Hinthada?

Hinthada sits at 17.6°N, 95.5°E, 15 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Zalun, 22 km away.

Topography around Hinthada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hinthada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,196 m.

The land around Hinthada is covered by trees (40%) and cropland (40%) within 3 km, cropland (71%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
28 m
80 km
1,196 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Zalun 22 km · Ingabu 27 km · Letpandan 35 km · Tharyarwady 35 km · Kyonpyaw 47 km · Taikkyi 65 km · Nyaungdon 70 km · Myanaung 72 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
Buddhist 88%Christian 6%Muslim 4%Animist 1%

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 Hinthada (17.6494°, 95.457°, elevation 15 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).