Climate averages 1991–2020
Meiktila weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Meiktila: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalaw (78 km away). In August its highs average 23.5°C, 5.7°C cooler than Meiktila, with 357 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Meiktila ranks joint 13th of 49 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Meiktila is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 171 mm to 188 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kalaw in AugustMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 357 mm rain
- Myingyan in AugustMyanmar · 81 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Pakokku in AugustMyanmar · 95 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Heho in AugustMyanmar · 102 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in AugustMyanmar · 102 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Chauk in AugustMyanmar · 108 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Yenangyaung in AugustMyanmar · 112 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 150 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in AugustMyanmar · 114 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 194 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.