Climate averages 1991–2020
Bago weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bago: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 290 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Chaung (49 km away). In May its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Bago, with 247 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Bago ranks joint 23rd of 49 for the warmest May highs and 40th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Bago is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 290 mm to 530 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bago climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.9 | 0.8 | 11.211 h |
| February | 33.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 2.7 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| March | 36.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 9.9 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 44 | 5.0 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 33.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 290 | 22.5 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 530 | 29.6 | 13.113 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 562 | 30.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 548 | 30.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 381 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 170 | 19.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 34 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| December | 30.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 5.6 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- San Chaung in MayMyanmar · 49 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Taikkyi in MayMyanmar · 55 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Yangon in MayMyanmar · 68 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 270 mm rain
- Hlaingthaya in MayMyanmar · 70 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 281 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in MayMyanmar · 70 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 281 mm rain
- Nyaunglebin in MayMyanmar · 73 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Kyauktan in MayMyanmar · 79 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 270 mm rain
- Thaton in MayMyanmar · 105 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 428 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bago) is explained once on the Bago year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.