Climate averages 1991–2020
Dawbon weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Dawbon: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 472 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hlaingthaya (62 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Dawbon, with 501 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Dawbon ranks joint 13th of 49 for the warmest August highs and 34th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Dawbon is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 472 mm to 376 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Dawbon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 4.5 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| February | 33.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 12 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 34 | 5.2 | 12.513 h |
| May | 33.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 272 | 22.9 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 448 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 464 | 30.7 | 13.013 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 472 | 30.8 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 376 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 193 | 22.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 40 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| December | 30.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 5.4 | 0.9 | 11.211 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
August in nearby cities
- Hlaingthaya in AugustMyanmar · 62 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 501 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in AugustMyanmar · 64 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 501 mm rain
- Yangon in AugustMyanmar · 67 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 482 mm rain
- Kyauktan in AugustMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 482 mm rain
- San Chaung in AugustMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 455 mm rain
- Taikkyi in AugustMyanmar · 97 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 464 mm rain
- Pathein in AugustMyanmar · 97 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 489 mm rain
- Hinthada in AugustMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 356 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 Dawbon) is explained once on the Dawbon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.