Climate averages 1991–2020
Pyay weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Pyay: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thayetmyo (56 km away). In April its highs average 38.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pyay, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Pyay ranks joint 11th of 49 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 49 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 49 cities is 34.8°C; Pyay is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Pyay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 7.3 | 0.5 | 11.111 h |
| February | 32.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 35.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.2 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 37.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 16 | 2.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 34.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 133 | 17.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 319 | 28.3 | 13.213 h |
| July | 29.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 313 | 29.8 | 13.113 h |
| August | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 293 | 29.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 234 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 122 | 16.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 26 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 4.1 | 0.8 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Thayetmyo in AprilMyanmar · 56 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Thandwe in AprilMyanmar · 98 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Taungoo in AprilMyanmar · 129 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Hinthada in AprilMyanmar · 133 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in AprilMyanmar · 136 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in AprilMyanmar · 141 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Pyinmana in AprilMyanmar · 146 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Magway in AprilMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 15 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 Pyay) is explained once on the Pyay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.