Climate averages 1991–2020

Mu-se weather
in May.

A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 19.8°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 192 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a hot month in Mu-se: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Yingjiang (79 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Mu-se, with 311 mm of rain.

Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Mu-se ranks joint 43rd of 49 for the warmest May highs and 24th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Mu-se is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 192 mm to 287 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mu-se climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mu-se, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	22.1°C10.4°C	10.4°C	27	3.1	10.811 h
February	24.6°C12.6°C	12.6°C	22	3.4	11.311 h
March	28.3°C16.0°C	16.0°C	29	4.4	12.012 h
April	30.2°C18.7°C	18.7°C	59	9.3	12.713 h
May, selected	28.8°C19.8°C	19.8°C	192	19.9	13.313 h
June	27.2°C20.7°C	20.7°C	287	28.1	13.614 h
July	26.4°C20.8°C	20.8°C	367	30.2	13.513 h
August	26.9°C20.8°C	20.8°C	315	29.3	13.013 h
September	27.0°C20.1°C	20.1°C	215	25.3	12.312 h
October	25.8°C18.0°C	18.0°C	146	19.2	11.612 h
November	23.8°C14.1°C	14.1°C	54	6.7	11.011 h
December	22.1°C11.0°C	11.0°C	15	2.7	10.711 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

Distance from Mu-se

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mu-se) is explained once on the Mu-se year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.