Kutkai weather in January

In January, Kutkai sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 23 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% 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 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kutkai's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kutkai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
11th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
3 wet days
Daylight
10 h 42 min
6:47 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover
23%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kutkai reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Kutkai weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 23310.78.3
Feb23° / 19311.28.7
Mar26° / 12°254.811.87.9
Apr28° / 16°6511.712.56.2
May27° / 18°20422.213.14.8
Jun26° / 20°31028.813.43.5
Jul25° / 20°39830.813.33.3
Aug26° / 20°36030.512.83.4
Sep26° / 19°23927.212.13.8
Oct25° / 17°15621.311.45.1
Nov23° / 12°577.410.97.5
Dec21° / 152.810.68.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18614
28713
38614
48614
58614
68713
78713
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118911
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319010

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kutkai gets around 23 mm of rain over 3 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 9% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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510
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278
288
298
308
318

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
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5982
6982
7982
8982
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10991
11991
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13991
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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155calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:44 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 5:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.66:445:19
210.66:445:19
310.66:455:20
410.66:455:21
510.66:455:21
610.66:455:22
710.66:465:23
810.66:465:23
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1110.66:465:25
1210.76:465:26
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1610.76:475:29
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2010.76:465:31
2110.86:465:32
2210.86:465:33
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2510.86:465:35
2610.86:465:36
2710.86:455:36
2810.96:455:37
2910.96:455:38
3010.96:455:38
3110.96:445:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 4.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kutkai

In seasonPeak

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

Kutkai's monsoon runs May–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 Kutkai?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kutkai in January

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

In January, Kutkai sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Kutkai in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kutkai peaks around July 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 14UV 13Dec 23UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul14Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Kutkai 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 Kutkai is worst in March — around 159 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 18.0× the cleanest month (July, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateMar 20149 µg/m³Jul 239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar159Very unhealthy
Apr104Unhealthy
May23Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul9Good
Aug9Good
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov11Good
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kutkai?

Kutkai sits at 23.5°N, 97.9°E, 1,341 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Namhkam, 49 km away.

BhamoTangyanKyaukme

Topography around Kutkai

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kutkai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 1,369 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,328 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,147 m.

The land around Kutkai is covered by grassland (35%), cropland (30%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
166 m
16 km
1,328 m
80 km
2,147 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Namhkam 49 km · Mu-se 60 km · Lashio 61 km · Panglong 81 km · Laukkai 88 km · Bhamo 114 km · Tangyan 117 km · Kyaukme 138 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 Kutkai (23.4579°, 97.938°, elevation 1,341 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).