Climate averages 1991–2020
Pyin Oo Lwin weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Pyin Oo Lwin: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mandalay (39 km away). In May its highs average 34.6°C, 6.4°C warmer than Pyin Oo Lwin, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Pyin Oo Lwin ranks 45th of 49 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Pyin Oo Lwin is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 190 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
Pyin Oo Lwin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 12 | 1.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 24.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 8.3 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 14 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 | 5.3 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 28.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 161 | 18.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 26.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 190 | 26.5 | 13.513 h |
| July | 25.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 208 | 27.6 | 13.313 h |
| August | 25.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 278 | 29.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 25.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 260 | 27.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 182 | 23.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 23.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 58 | 7.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 22.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 17 | 2.0 | 10.811 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
- Mandalay in MayMyanmar · 39 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 26.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Amarapura in MayMyanmar · 44 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 154 mm rain
- Shwebo in MayMyanmar · 98 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 218 mm rain
- Mogok in MayMyanmar · 98 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 340 mm rain
- Myingyan in MayMyanmar · 128 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 27.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Monywa in MayMyanmar · 136 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 27.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Meiktila in MayMyanmar · 143 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Heho in MayMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 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 Pyin Oo Lwin) is explained once on the Pyin Oo Lwin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.