Climate averages 1991–2020
Magway weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Magway: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yenangyaung (36 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Magway, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Magway ranks 9th of 49 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Magway is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 204 mm to 214 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
Magway climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 5.6 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| February | 31.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 36.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 15 | 2.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 35.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 115 | 13.8 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 200 | 24.7 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 200 | 26.3 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 204 | 27.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 214 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 142 | 18.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 29 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 8.1 | 1.0 | 10.911 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
- Yenangyaung in AugustMyanmar · 36 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 150 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in AugustMyanmar · 66 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Chauk in AugustMyanmar · 84 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Thayetmyo in AugustMyanmar · 96 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 277 mm rain
- Ann in AugustMyanmar · 100 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 637 mm rain
- Meiktila in AugustMyanmar · 126 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Pakokku in AugustMyanmar · 133 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in AugustMyanmar · 133 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 288 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 Magway) is explained once on the Magway year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.