Climate averages 1991–2020
Pathein weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Pathein: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 489 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dawbon (97 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pathein, with 472 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Pathein ranks 23rd of 49 for the warmest August highs and 37th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Pathein is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 489 mm to 366 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
Pathein climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 6.1 | 0.8 | 11.211 h |
| February | 32.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 34.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 9.6 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 29 | 4.1 | 12.513 h |
| May | 32.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 220 | 21.5 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 452 | 29.5 | 13.113 h |
| July | 28.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 475 | 30.6 | 13.013 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 489 | 30.6 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 366 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 181 | 22.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 42 | 6.3 | 11.411 h |
| December | 29.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 6.7 | 1.3 | 11.111 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
- Dawbon in AugustMyanmar · 97 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 472 mm rain
- Hinthada in AugustMyanmar · 124 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 356 mm rain
- Hlaingthaya in AugustMyanmar · 142 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 501 mm rain
- Taikkyi in AugustMyanmar · 144 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 464 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in AugustMyanmar · 147 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 501 mm rain
- San Chaung in AugustMyanmar · 150 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 455 mm rain
- Yangon in AugustMyanmar · 152 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 482 mm rain
- Kyauktan in AugustMyanmar · 170 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 482 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 Pathein) is explained once on the Pathein year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.