Climate averages 1991–2020
Pathein weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Pathein: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dawbon (97 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pathein, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Pathein ranks 13th of 49 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 49 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 49 cities is 27.1°C; Pathein is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.7 mm to 6.1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Dawbon in DecemberMyanmar · 97 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Hinthada in DecemberMyanmar · 124 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Hlaingthaya in DecemberMyanmar · 142 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Taikkyi in DecemberMyanmar · 144 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in DecemberMyanmar · 147 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 5.0 mm rain
- San Chaung in DecemberMyanmar · 150 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Yangon in DecemberMyanmar · 152 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Kyauktan in DecemberMyanmar · 170 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 4.7 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.