Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalaw weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Kalaw: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heho (29 km away). In October its highs average 24.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kalaw, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Kalaw ranks 48th of 49 for the warmest October highs and 46th of 49 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 49 cities is 28.9°C; Kalaw is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 221 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Heho in OctoberMyanmar · 29 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in OctoberMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Taunggyi in OctoberMyanmar · 52 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Meiktila in OctoberMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 151 mm rain
- Pyinmana in OctoberMyanmar · 106 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in OctoberMyanmar · 109 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in OctoberMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Amarapura in OctoberMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 164 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.