Climate averages 1991–2020
Lakang weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Lakang: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 390 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yingjiang (76 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, 2.1°C cooler than Lakang, with 311 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Lakang ranks 36th of 49 for the warmest May highs and 47th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Lakang is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 390 mm to 580 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Yingjiang in MayChina · 76 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 311 mm rain
- Myitkyina in MayMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 216 mm rain
- Mu-se in MayMyanmar · 103 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Tengyue in MayChina · 139 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Menghuan in MayChina · 143 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Longling County in MayChina · 152 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 206 mm rain
- Lashio in MayMyanmar · 200 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in MayChina · 206 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 115 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.