Paungde weather in January

In January, Paungde sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 8 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in January, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of January to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Paungde's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paungde's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
9th warmest
Overnight low
17°
1st coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
11 hours
6:47 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
21%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Paungde is town 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical January day in Paungde reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 14°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)
13018
23018
33018
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313217

How January really feels in Paungde

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 2 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
2
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.

Paungde weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 17°80.7116.1
Feb34° / 18°10.211.44.2
Mar37° / 21°50.811.92.1
Apr39° / 25°172.312.40.9
May36° / 26°14017.412.91.6
Jun32° / 26°32028.513.12.2
Jul31° / 25°31829.9132.3
Aug31° / 25°30430.112.62.4
Sep32° / 25°2422712.12.4
Oct32° / 25°14820.811.63.0
Nov32° / 22°355.211.14.9
Dec30° / 19°50.910.96.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28416
38416
48416
58416
68416
78416
88416
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108317
118416
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27928
28928
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30928
31928

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Paungde gets around 8 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
73
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93
103
113
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171
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311

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the comfortable band about 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
133444172
233544162
343544162
443643152
543743142
653843132
753842132
863942122
963942112
1074041102
1174041102
128414192
139414091
149423981
1510423981
1611433871
1712433871
1813433771
1913433770
2014433660
2114433660
2215433660
2315433660
2415423660
2515433660
2615433660
2715433660
2815443660
2914443650
3014453550
3114453550

Wind in January

Winds average 7 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
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
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266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:44 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.96:445:38
210.96:445:39
310.96:455:39
410.96:455:40
510.96:455:41
610.96:455:41
710.96:465:42
810.96:465:42
910.96:465:43
1011.06:465:44
1111.06:475:44
1211.06:475:45
1311.06:475:45
1411.06:475:46
1511.06:475:47
1611.06:475:47
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1911.06:475:49
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2211.16:475:51
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2911.16:475:55
3011.26:475:56
3111.26:465:56

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 3.44 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 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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44.9Bright
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265.4Bright
275.5Bright
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295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Paungde

In seasonPeak

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

Paungde's monsoon runs June–October, 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 Paungde?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Paungde in January

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

In January, Paungde sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Paungde in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Paungde peaks around August 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 12UV 13Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Paungde 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 Paungde is worst in March — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.5× the cleanest month (July, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateMar 1693 µg/m³Jul 1515 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb60Unhealthy
Mar99Unhealthy
Apr55Unhealthy
May23Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Paungde?

Paungde sits at 18.5°N, 95.5°E, 35 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Zigon, 21 km away.

Topography around Paungde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paungde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,247 m.

The land around Paungde is covered by cropland (78%) within 3 km, cropland (84%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
73 m
80 km
1,247 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Zigon 21 km · Myanaung 30 km · Pyay 48 km · Ingabu 80 km · Letpandan 83 km · Hinthada 94 km · Tharyarwady 98 km · Pyu 98 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 Paungde (18.4917°, 95.5059°, elevation 35 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).