Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalaw weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kalaw: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heho (29 km away). In April its highs average 29.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kalaw, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Kalaw ranks 47th of 49 for the warmest April highs and joint 18th of 49 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 49 cities is 34.8°C; Kalaw is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 190 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kalaw climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 9.0 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| February | 24.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.511 h |
| March | 27.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 6.7 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 25 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 26.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 190 | 20.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 24.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 305 | 29.2 | 13.413 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 321 | 30.2 | 13.313 h |
| August | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 357 | 30.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 24.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 341 | 28.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 221 | 24.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 23.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 50 | 7.1 | 11.211 h |
| December | 21.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 12 | 2.0 | 10.911 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
April in nearby cities
- Heho in AprilMyanmar · 29 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in AprilMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Taunggyi in AprilMyanmar · 52 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Meiktila in AprilMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Pyinmana in AprilMyanmar · 106 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in AprilMyanmar · 109 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in AprilMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Amarapura in AprilMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 25 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 Kalaw) is explained once on the Kalaw year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.