Climate averages 1991–2020
Myitkyina 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.
May is a hot month in Myitkyina: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 216 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lakang (83 km away). In May its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Myitkyina, with 390 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Myitkyina ranks joint 32nd of 49 for the warmest May highs and 27th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Myitkyina is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 216 mm to 485 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Lakang in MayMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 390 mm rain
- Yingjiang in MayChina · 93 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 311 mm rain
- Tengyue in MayChina · 120 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in MayChina · 155 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Longling County in MayChina · 158 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 206 mm rain
- Menghuan in MayChina · 160 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Mu-se in MayMyanmar · 162 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in MayChina · 180 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 115 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.