Ye weather in January

In January, Ye sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 14 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of January to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ye's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ye's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
8th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
1.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:32 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover
30%
3rd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Ye 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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ye reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ye weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°141.611.26.9
Feb30° / 22°61.311.56.5
Mar31° / 24°305.511.95.5
Apr31° / 26°8212.212.34.3
May30° / 26°41926.712.73.0
Jun28° / 25°70429.512.92.9
Jul28° / 25°86330.612.83.1
Aug28° / 25°87930.512.53.2
Sep28° / 25°59228.912.13.1
Oct30° / 25°2622411.73.4
Nov30° / 24°497.211.35.3
Dec30° / 22°11211.16.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% 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 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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27921
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ye gets around 14 mm of rain over 1.6 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 5% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 49% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 80% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1151642351
2141643351
3141544351
4041545351
5041546341
6031547331
7031548321
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9031550311
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 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
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128calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:285:35
211.16:295:36
311.16:295:36
411.16:295:37
511.16:305:37
611.16:305:38
711.16:305:38
811.16:315:39
911.16:315:39
1011.16:315:40
1111.26:315:41
1211.26:325:41
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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 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ye

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ye'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 Ye?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ye in January

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

In January, Ye sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Ye in January

The nearest coast averages about 28°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 28 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January near 28°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
Jan28Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Ye in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ye peaks around August 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 14UV 13Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ye 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 Ye is worst in March — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.3× the cleanest month (October, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 1326 µg/m³Oct 218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar27Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct8Good
Nov9Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ye?

Ye sits at 15.2°N, 97.9°E, 14 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Payathonzu, 58 km away.

DaweiMawlamyineMartabanKawkareik

Topography around Ye

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ye has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 982 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,267 m.

The land around Ye is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, trees (69%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
94 m
16 km
982 m
80 km
1,267 m
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January weather nearby: Payathonzu 58 km · Thanbyuzayat 81 km · Kyaikkami 97 km · Mudon 113 km · Dawei 134 km · Mawlamyine 140 km · Martaban 145 km · Kawkareik 151 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 Ye (15.2464°, 97.8551°, elevation 14 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).