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Yangon in January

Hot and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Yangon is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 65°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 15 minutes.January in Yangon is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 18°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 15 minutes.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 4% of days
Daylight
11h 15mon average

Is January a good time to visit Yangon?

Yes. January is one of Yangon's most comfortable 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 90°F in January, against 87°F to 101°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in January, against 31°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

4% of days in January, against 3% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in January, against 37% to 85% through the year.

Daylight

11h 15m in January, against 11h 08m to 13h 07m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December90°32°low 68°low 20°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January90°32°low 65°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. February94°34°low 66°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Yangon sits, in January

Asia/Yangon
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:37 AMsets 5:51 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
16.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Naypyidaw331 km north

The land around Yangon, 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 Myanmar in January

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Yangon. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.