Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandalay weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Mandalay: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Amarapura (8 km away). In December its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Mandalay, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Mandalay ranks 33rd of 49 for the warmest December highs and joint 31st of 49 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 49 cities is 27.1°C; Mandalay is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 8.4 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Mandalay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 8.4 | 0.9 | 11.011 h |
| February | 30.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 3.7 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 35.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 12 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 154 | 15.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.9°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 119 | 18.0 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 117 | 18.8 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 165 | 21.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 185 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 164 | 18.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 47 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 26.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 10 | 1.2 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Amarapura in DecemberMyanmar · 8 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Pyin Oo Lwin in DecemberMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Shwebo in DecemberMyanmar · 77 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Myingyan in DecemberMyanmar · 92 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Monywa in DecemberMyanmar · 99 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Mogok in DecemberMyanmar · 114 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Meiktila in DecemberMyanmar · 124 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Pakokku in DecemberMyanmar · 125 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 6.8 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 Mandalay) is explained once on the Mandalay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Amarapura lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.