Climate averages 1991–2020
Sittwe weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 8th 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 Sittwe: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 598 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyaukpyu (105 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Sittwe, with 760 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Sittwe ranks 31st of 49 for the warmest August highs and 41st of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Sittwe is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 598 mm to 393 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
Sittwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.0 | 0.7 | 11.111 h |
| February | 28.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 3.8 | 0.5 | 11.511 h |
| March | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 8.0 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 22 | 4.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 261 | 20.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 28.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 661 | 29.5 | 13.313 h |
| July | 28.0°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 763 | 30.6 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 598 | 30.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 393 | 28.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 211 | 20.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 39 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 12 | 1.0 | 10.911 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
- Kyaukpyu in AugustMyanmar · 105 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 760 mm rain
- Ann in AugustMyanmar · 126 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 637 mm rain
- Cox’s Bāzār in AugustBangladesh · 171 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 466 mm rain
- Yenangyaung in AugustMyanmar · 209 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 150 mm rain
- Magway in AugustMyanmar · 212 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Chauk in AugustMyanmar · 217 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Thandwe in AugustMyanmar · 242 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 852 mm rain
- Thayetmyo in AugustMyanmar · 256 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 277 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 Sittwe) is explained once on the Sittwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.