Letpandan weather in January

In January, Letpandan sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 5 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% 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 Letpandan's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Letpandan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
6:45 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
24%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Letpandan is town in Bago Region, 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 33°C by the end.

A typical January day in Letpandan reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°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)
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How January really feels in Letpandan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 12 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
12
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.

Letpandan weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°50.911.15.4
Feb35° / 19°30.211.43.5
Mar38° / 22°91.411.91.5
Apr39° / 26°253.712.40.6
May35° / 26°22220.612.81.6
Jun31° / 25°44129.4132.2
Jul30° / 25°45830.5132.4
Aug30° / 25°42930.612.62.4
Sep31° / 25°30528.212.12.3
Oct32° / 25°15121.211.62.9
Nov32° / 23°37511.24.5
Dec31° / 20°61115.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28218
38218
48218
58218
68317
78317
88317
98317
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Letpandan gets around 5 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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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 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 16% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
132843233
232942223
333042213
433142203
543242203
643241193
753341183
853341173
963441173
1063440163
1173540153
1283539153
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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136calm
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316calm

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 6:42 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:425:39
211.06:425:39
311.06:425:40
411.06:435:40
511.06:435:41
611.06:435:42
711.06:435:42
811.06:445:43
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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 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Letpandan

In seasonPeak

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

Letpandan'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 Letpandan?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Letpandan in January

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

In January, Letpandan sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Letpandan 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 Letpandan 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 Letpandan 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 Letpandan is worst in March — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (July, 18 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateMar 1683 µg/m³Jul 1418 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar87Unhealthy
Apr52Poor
May26Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Letpandan?

Letpandan sits at 17.8°N, 95.8°E, 23 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Tharyarwady, 15 km away.

Topography around Letpandan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Letpandan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 792 m.

The land around Letpandan is covered by cropland (73%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and trees (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
75 m
80 km
792 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Tharyarwady 15 km · Hinthada 35 km · Zalun 40 km · Ingabu 51 km · Taikkyi 57 km · Zigon 63 km · Myanaung 72 km · Kyonpyaw 80 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 Letpandan (17.7866°, 95.7508°, elevation 23 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).