Climate averages 1991–2020
Dawbon weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Dawbon: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hlaingthaya (62 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Dawbon, with 5.0 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Dawbon ranks joint 8th of 49 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 49 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 49 cities is 27.1°C; Dawbon is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.4 mm to 4.5 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Hlaingthaya in DecemberMyanmar · 62 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in DecemberMyanmar · 64 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Yangon in DecemberMyanmar · 67 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Kyauktan in DecemberMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 4.7 mm rain
- San Chaung in DecemberMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Taikkyi in DecemberMyanmar · 97 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Pathein in DecemberMyanmar · 97 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Hinthada in DecemberMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 4.4 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.