Climate averages 1991–2020
Monywa weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Monywa: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Myingyan (77 km away). In May its highs average 36.4°C, about as warm as Monywa, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Monywa ranks 3rd 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; Monywa is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 111 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
Monywa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 5.1 | 0.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 30.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.6 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| March | 35.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 6.9 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 18 | 4.1 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 36.1°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 121 | 14.6 | 13.213 h |
| June | 33.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 111 | 17.5 | 13.513 h |
| July | 33.2°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 119 | 19.5 | 13.313 h |
| August | 32.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 169 | 22.8 | 12.913 h |
| September | 31.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 214 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 164 | 18.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 35 | 4.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 6.8 | 0.7 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Myingyan in MayMyanmar · 77 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 27.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Shwebo in MayMyanmar · 77 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 218 mm rain
- Pakokku in MayMyanmar · 86 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 27.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Amarapura in MayMyanmar · 97 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 154 mm rain
- Mandalay in MayMyanmar · 99 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 26.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Pyin Oo Lwin in MayMyanmar · 136 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 161 mm rain
- Chauk in MayMyanmar · 138 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 26.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Meiktila in MayMyanmar · 156 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 121 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 Monywa) is explained once on the Monywa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.