Climate averages 1991–2020
Dawei weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th 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 Dawei: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 374 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nong Prue (148 km away). In May its highs average 33.0°C, 3.5°C warmer than Dawei, with 153 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Dawei ranks 41st of 49 for the warmest May highs and joint 45th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Dawei is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 374 mm to 577 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
Dawei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 13 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| February | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 48 | 8.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 120 | 16.8 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 29.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 374 | 28.3 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 577 | 29.8 | 12.913 h |
| July | 26.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 715 | 30.7 | 12.913 h |
| August | 26.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 734 | 30.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 516 | 29.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 264 | 24.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 50 | 7.4 | 11.511 h |
| December | 30.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 9.8 | 1.9 | 11.311 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
- Nong Prue in MayThailand · 148 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 153 mm rain
- Ratchaburi in MayThailand · 186 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Myeik in MayMyanmar · 188 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 430 mm rain
- Ban I Chang in MayThailand · 189 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 141 mm rain
- Nakhon Pathom in MayThailand · 202 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 26.2°C · 141 mm rain
- Nong Khaem in MayThailand · 237 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 26.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Thawi Watthana in MayThailand · 238 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 26.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Bang Khae in MayThailand · 243 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 26.9°C · 130 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 Dawei) is explained once on the Dawei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.