Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandalay weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Mandalay: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Amarapura (8 km away). In March its highs average 35.6°C, about as warm as Mandalay, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Mandalay ranks 23rd of 49 for the warmest March highs and joint 31st of 49 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 49 cities is 33.3°C; Mandalay is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 37.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Amarapura in MarchMyanmar · 8 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Pyin Oo Lwin in MarchMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Shwebo in MarchMyanmar · 77 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Myingyan in MarchMyanmar · 92 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Monywa in MarchMyanmar · 99 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Mogok in MarchMyanmar · 114 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Meiktila in MarchMyanmar · 124 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Pakokku in MarchMyanmar · 125 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 3.4 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.