Climate averages 1991–2020
Pathein weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Pathein: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dawbon (97 km away). In May its highs average 33.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pathein, with 272 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Pathein ranks 27th of 49 for the warmest May highs and 29th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Pathein is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 220 mm to 452 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Dawbon in MayMyanmar · 97 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 272 mm rain
- Hinthada in MayMyanmar · 124 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Hlaingthaya in MayMyanmar · 142 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 281 mm rain
- Taikkyi in MayMyanmar · 144 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in MayMyanmar · 147 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 281 mm rain
- San Chaung in MayMyanmar · 150 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Yangon in MayMyanmar · 152 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 270 mm rain
- Kyauktan in MayMyanmar · 170 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 270 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.