Climate averages 1991–2020
Magway weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Magway: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yenangyaung (36 km away). In May its highs average 35.9°C, about as warm as Magway, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Magway ranks joint 5th of 49 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Magway is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 200 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Yenangyaung in MayMyanmar · 36 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 26.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in MayMyanmar · 66 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Chauk in MayMyanmar · 84 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 26.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Thayetmyo in MayMyanmar · 96 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Ann in MayMyanmar · 100 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 271 mm rain
- Meiktila in MayMyanmar · 126 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Pakokku in MayMyanmar · 133 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 27.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in MayMyanmar · 133 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 151 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.