Climate averages 1991–2020
Pyay weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Pyay: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 293 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thayetmyo (56 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Pyay, with 277 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Pyay ranks 12th of 49 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Pyay is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 293 mm to 234 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Thayetmyo in AugustMyanmar · 56 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 277 mm rain
- Thandwe in AugustMyanmar · 98 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 852 mm rain
- Taungoo in AugustMyanmar · 129 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 405 mm rain
- Hinthada in AugustMyanmar · 133 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 356 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in AugustMyanmar · 136 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in AugustMyanmar · 141 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 288 mm rain
- Pyinmana in AugustMyanmar · 146 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 288 mm rain
- Magway in AugustMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 204 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.