Climate averages 1991–2020
Pyay weather
in May.
A very hot, 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 very hot month in Pyay: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thayetmyo (56 km away). In May its highs average 35.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pyay, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Pyay ranks joint 13th of 49 for the warmest May highs and joint 12th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Pyay is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 319 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Thayetmyo in MayMyanmar · 56 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Thandwe in MayMyanmar · 98 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 311 mm rain
- Taungoo in MayMyanmar · 129 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Hinthada in MayMyanmar · 133 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in MayMyanmar · 136 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in MayMyanmar · 141 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 151 mm rain
- Pyinmana in MayMyanmar · 146 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Magway in MayMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 26.3°C · 115 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.