Climate averages 1991–2020
Kēng Tung weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kēng Tung: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Möng Yang (35 km away). In December its highs average 22.5°C, 1.2°C cooler than Kēng Tung, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Kēng Tung ranks 39th of 49 for the warmest December highs and 46th of 49 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 49 cities is 27.1°C; Kēng Tung is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 20 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
Kēng Tung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 20 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 27.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 30.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 20 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 45 | 7.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 125 | 16.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 181 | 24.7 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 319 | 28.6 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 309 | 28.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 180 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 89 | 14.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 35 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 23.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.811 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
- Möng Yang in DecemberMyanmar · 35 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in DecemberChina · 100 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Menglang in DecemberChina · 104 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Pu'er in DecemberChina · 168 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Chiang Rai in DecemberThailand · 192 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Ning’er in DecemberChina · 194 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Lincang in DecemberChina · 251 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Lashio in DecemberMyanmar · 267 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 9.5°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 Kēng Tung) is explained once on the Kēng Tung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.