Climate averages 1991–2020
Nay Pyi Taw weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Nay Pyi Taw: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pyinmana (8 km away). In May its highs average 34.2°C, about as warm as Nay Pyi Taw, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Nay Pyi Taw ranks joint 16th of 49 for the warmest May highs and joint 16th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Nay Pyi Taw is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 267 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
Nay Pyi Taw climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.8 | 1.0 | 11.111 h |
| February | 32.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 2.6 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| March | 35.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 6.4 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 22 | 3.8 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 34.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 151 | 18.5 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 267 | 27.5 | 13.313 h |
| July | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 293 | 28.8 | 13.213 h |
| August | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 288 | 29.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 212 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 116 | 20.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 26 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| December | 28.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 8.3 | 1.4 | 11.011 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
- Pyinmana in MayMyanmar · 8 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in MayMyanmar · 68 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Taungoo in MayMyanmar · 95 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Kalaw in MayMyanmar · 109 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 190 mm rain
- Thayetmyo in MayMyanmar · 110 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Meiktila in MayMyanmar · 129 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Heho in MayMyanmar · 131 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Yawnghwe in MayMyanmar · 132 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 126 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 Nay Pyi Taw) is explained once on the Nay Pyi Taw year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Pyinmana lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.