Myaungmya weather in January

In January, Myaungmya sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Myaungmya's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Myaungmya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 06 min
6:46 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
28%
3rd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Myaungmya is human settlement in Myanmar.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Myaungmya reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Myaungmya

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 22 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
22
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.

Myaungmya weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 19°40.811.15.5
Feb34° / 20°20.311.44.1
Mar36° / 23°91.611.92.7
Apr37° / 26°274.212.41.9
May34° / 26°21821.912.82.1
Jun31° / 26°41429.4132.3
Jul30° / 25°43130.612.92.5
Aug30° / 25°44330.812.62.5
Sep31° / 25°33529.112.12.4
Oct31° / 25°17522.711.63.1
Nov32° / 23°385.911.24.8
Dec31° / 21°61115.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Myaungmya gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.8 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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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 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 41% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11744399
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
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48calm
58calm
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128calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of January to 11 h 18 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 6:43 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:435:44
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311.06:435:45
411.06:445:46
511.06:445:47
611.06:445:47
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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 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Myaungmya

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Cyclone
Monsoon
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Feb
Mar
Apr
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Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
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Dec

Is January a good time to visit Myaungmya?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Myaungmya in January

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

In January, Myaungmya sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Myaungmya in January

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 58 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Myaungmya 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 Myaungmya peaks around August 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 13UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr10Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Myaungmya 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 Myaungmya is worst in March — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (September, 18 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1138 µg/m³Sep 1319 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Moderate
Feb37Poor
Mar38Poor
Apr30Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Myaungmya?

Myaungmya sits at 16.6°N, 94.9°E, 13 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Wakema, 28 km away.

Topography around Myaungmya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Myaungmya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 403 m.

The land around Myaungmya is covered by trees (50%) and cropland (36%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
54 m
80 km
403 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
January weather nearby: Wakema 28 km · Pathein 28 km · Mawlamyinegyunn 44 km · Labutta 53 km · Bogale 61 km · Dawbon 73 km · Maubin 79 km · Kyonpyaw 84 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 Myaungmya (16.5987°, 94.9211°, elevation 13 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).