Climate averages 1991–2020
Meiktila weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Meiktila: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalaw (78 km away). In May its highs average 26.9°C, 7.4°C cooler than Meiktila, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Meiktila ranks joint 13th of 49 for the warmest May highs and joint 7th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Meiktila is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 130 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kalaw in MayMyanmar · 78 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 190 mm rain
- Myingyan in MayMyanmar · 81 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 27.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Pakokku in MayMyanmar · 95 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 27.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Heho in MayMyanmar · 102 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in MayMyanmar · 102 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Chauk in MayMyanmar · 108 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 26.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Yenangyaung in MayMyanmar · 112 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 26.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in MayMyanmar · 114 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 126 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.