Climate averages 1991–2020
Myitkyina weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Myitkyina: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 433 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lakang (83 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Myitkyina, with 443 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Myitkyina ranks joint 25th of 49 for the warmest August highs and 29th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Myitkyina is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 433 mm to 253 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
Myitkyina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 20 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 26.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 22 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 30.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 66 | 7.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 31.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 216 | 18.6 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 485 | 28.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 27.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 575 | 29.2 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 433 | 27.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 253 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 130 | 13.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 23 | 3.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 8.9 | 1.5 | 10.611 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
- Lakang in AugustMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 443 mm rain
- Yingjiang in AugustChina · 93 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 466 mm rain
- Tengyue in AugustChina · 120 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 333 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in AugustChina · 155 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 296 mm rain
- Longling County in AugustChina · 158 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 389 mm rain
- Menghuan in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 375 mm rain
- Mu-se in AugustMyanmar · 162 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 315 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in AugustChina · 180 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 304 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 Myitkyina) is explained once on the Myitkyina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.