Climate averages 1991–2020
Lashio weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Lashio: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mu-se (119 km away). In May its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Lashio, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Lashio ranks joint 43rd of 49 for the warmest May highs and joint 14th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Lashio is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 139 mm to 219 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mu-se in MayMyanmar · 119 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Mogok in MayMyanmar · 127 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 340 mm rain
- Pyin Oo Lwin in MayMyanmar · 166 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 161 mm rain
- Menghuan in MayChina · 187 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Yingjiang in MayChina · 198 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 311 mm rain
- Lakang in MayMyanmar · 200 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 390 mm rain
- Mandalay in MayMyanmar · 202 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 26.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Longling County in MayChina · 207 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 206 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.