Climate averages 1991–2020
Myitkyina weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Myitkyina: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lakang (83 km away). In October its highs average 27.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Myitkyina, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Myitkyina ranks 38th of 49 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 49 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 49 cities is 28.9°C; Myitkyina is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Lakang in OctoberMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Yingjiang in OctoberChina · 93 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 205 mm rain
- Tengyue in OctoberChina · 120 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in OctoberChina · 155 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Longling County in OctoberChina · 158 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Menghuan in OctoberChina · 160 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 128 mm rain
- Mu-se in OctoberMyanmar · 162 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 146 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in OctoberChina · 180 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 117 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.