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Luang Prabang in January

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Luang Prabang is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Luang Prabang is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 10% of days
Daylight
11h 04mon average

Is January a good time to visit Luang Prabang?

Yes. January is one of Luang Prabang's best months (December to January).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in January, against 82°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in January, against 28°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

10% of days in January, against 9% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

40% cover in January, against 36% to 86% through the year.

Daylight

11h 04m in January, against 10h 57m to 13h 19m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December82°28°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January83°28°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February87°31°low 62°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Luang Prabang sits, in January

Asia/Vientiane
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:49 AMsets 5:52 PM
Above the sea
300 mlow-lying
Latitude
19.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Vientiane220 km south

The land around Luang Prabang, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Laos in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Luang Prabang

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Luang Prabang. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (300 m) against the climate model's (467 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (300 m) against the climate model's (467 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.