Climate averages 1991–2020
Meiktila weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Meiktila: daytime highs average 37.0°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalaw (78 km away). In April its highs average 28.9°C, 8.0°C cooler than Meiktila, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Meiktila ranks joint 22nd of 49 for the warmest April highs and joint 16th of 49 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 49 cities is 34.8°C; Meiktila is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Meiktila climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 6.3 | 0.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 31.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 35.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 6.4 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 37.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 24 | 5.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 121 | 15.7 | 13.113 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 130 | 20.6 | 13.413 h |
| July | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 135 | 21.9 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 171 | 25.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 188 | 22.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 151 | 20.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 41 | 5.2 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 9.9 | 1.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Kalaw in AprilMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Myingyan in AprilMyanmar · 81 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Pakokku in AprilMyanmar · 95 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Heho in AprilMyanmar · 102 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in AprilMyanmar · 102 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Chauk in AprilMyanmar · 108 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Yenangyaung in AprilMyanmar · 112 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in AprilMyanmar · 114 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 28 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 Meiktila) is explained once on the Meiktila year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.