Climate averages 1991–2020
Kēng Tung weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kēng Tung: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Möng Yang (35 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Kēng Tung, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Kēng Tung ranks joint 32nd of 49 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Kēng Tung is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 181 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Möng Yang in MayMyanmar · 35 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Menglang in MayChina · 104 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Pu'er in MayChina · 168 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Chiang Rai in MayThailand · 192 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 292 mm rain
- Ning’er in MayChina · 194 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 172 mm rain
- Lincang in MayChina · 251 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Lashio in MayMyanmar · 267 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 139 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.