Climate averages 1991–2020
Mawlamyine weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Mawlamyine: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 374 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mudon (28 km away). In May its highs average 31.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Mawlamyine, with 356 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Mawlamyine ranks 37th of 49 for the warmest May highs and joint 45th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Mawlamyine is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 374 mm to 642 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
Mawlamyine climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 8.7 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| February | 32.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.6 | 0.7 | 11.612 h |
| March | 33.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 23 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 65 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 374 | 27.0 | 12.913 h |
| June | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 642 | 29.8 | 13.113 h |
| July | 27.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 733 | 30.9 | 13.013 h |
| August | 27.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 713 | 30.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 28.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 469 | 28.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 163 | 19.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 27 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| December | 30.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 8.7 | 0.9 | 11.211 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
- Mudon in MayMyanmar · 28 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 356 mm rain
- Thaton in MayMyanmar · 55 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 428 mm rain
- Kyauktan in MayMyanmar · 140 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 270 mm rain
- Bago in MayMyanmar · 154 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Yangon in MayMyanmar · 161 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 270 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in MayMyanmar · 165 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 281 mm rain
- Hlaingthaya in MayMyanmar · 171 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 281 mm rain
- San Chaung in MayMyanmar · 176 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 247 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 Mawlamyine) is explained once on the Mawlamyine year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.