Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalaw weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kalaw: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 357 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heho (29 km away). In August its highs average 24.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kalaw, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Kalaw ranks 48th of 49 for the warmest August highs and 24th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Kalaw is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 357 mm to 341 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Heho in AugustMyanmar · 29 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in AugustMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 194 mm rain
- Taunggyi in AugustMyanmar · 52 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 194 mm rain
- Meiktila in AugustMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Pyinmana in AugustMyanmar · 106 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 288 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in AugustMyanmar · 109 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 288 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in AugustMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Amarapura in AugustMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 165 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.