Climate averages 1991–2020
Lashio weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Lashio: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 383 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mu-se (119 km away). In August its highs average 26.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Lashio, with 315 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Lashio ranks 43rd of 49 for the warmest August highs and 26th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Lashio is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 383 mm to 282 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
Lashio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 12 | 1.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 25.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 8.5 | 1.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 9.7 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 30 | 7.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 139 | 18.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 219 | 26.1 | 13.514 h |
| July | 26.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 328 | 28.6 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 26.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 383 | 29.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 26.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 282 | 25.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 144 | 18.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 42 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 10 | 1.6 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Mu-se in AugustMyanmar · 119 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 315 mm rain
- Mogok in AugustMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 403 mm rain
- Pyin Oo Lwin in AugustMyanmar · 166 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 278 mm rain
- Menghuan in AugustChina · 187 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 375 mm rain
- Yingjiang in AugustChina · 198 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 466 mm rain
- Lakang in AugustMyanmar · 200 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 443 mm rain
- Mandalay in AugustMyanmar · 202 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 165 mm rain
- Longling County in AugustChina · 207 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 389 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 Lashio) is explained once on the Lashio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.