Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalaw weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Kalaw: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heho (29 km away). In December its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Kalaw, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Kalaw ranks joint 46th of 49 for the warmest December highs and joint 38th of 49 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 49 cities is 27.1°C; Kalaw is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 9.0 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Heho in DecemberMyanmar · 29 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in DecemberMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Taunggyi in DecemberMyanmar · 52 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Meiktila in DecemberMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Pyinmana in DecemberMyanmar · 106 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in DecemberMyanmar · 109 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in DecemberMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Amarapura in DecemberMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 10 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.