Climate averages 1991–2020
Myitkyina weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Myitkyina: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lakang (83 km away). In March its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Myitkyina, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Myitkyina ranks 39th of 49 for the warmest March highs and 45th of 49 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 49 cities is 33.3°C; Myitkyina is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Lakang in MarchMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Yingjiang in MarchChina · 93 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Tengyue in MarchChina · 120 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in MarchChina · 155 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Longling County in MarchChina · 158 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Menghuan in MarchChina · 160 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Mu-se in MarchMyanmar · 162 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in MarchChina · 180 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 43 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.