Climate averages 1991–2020
Lakang weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lakang: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 443 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yingjiang (76 km away). In August its highs average 27.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Lakang, with 466 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Lakang ranks 30th of 49 for the warmest August highs and 30th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Lakang is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 443 mm to 340 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Lakang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 26 | 3.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 29 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 30.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 41 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 102 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 30.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 390 | 23.4 | 13.313 h |
| June | 28.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 580 | 29.4 | 13.614 h |
| July | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 522 | 30.4 | 13.514 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 443 | 29.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 340 | 26.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 212 | 18.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 47 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 23.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 17 | 2.1 | 10.611 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
August in nearby cities
- Yingjiang in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 466 mm rain
- Myitkyina in AugustMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 433 mm rain
- Mu-se in AugustMyanmar · 103 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 315 mm rain
- Tengyue in AugustChina · 139 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 333 mm rain
- Menghuan in AugustChina · 143 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 375 mm rain
- Longling County in AugustChina · 152 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 389 mm rain
- Lashio in AugustMyanmar · 200 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 383 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in AugustChina · 206 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 304 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 Lakang) is explained once on the Lakang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.