Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalaw weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kalaw: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heho (29 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Kalaw, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Kalaw ranks 48th of 49 for the warmest May highs and 23rd of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Kalaw is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 190 mm to 305 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Heho in MayMyanmar · 29 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in MayMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Taunggyi in MayMyanmar · 52 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 126 mm rain
- Meiktila in MayMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Pyinmana in MayMyanmar · 106 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in MayMyanmar · 109 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 151 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in MayMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Amarapura in MayMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 154 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.