Climate averages 1991–2020
Sittwe weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sittwe: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 261 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyaukpyu (105 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Sittwe, with 322 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Sittwe ranks 35th of 49 for the warmest May highs and 33rd of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Sittwe is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 261 mm to 661 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kyaukpyu in MayMyanmar · 105 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.8°C · 322 mm rain
- Ann in MayMyanmar · 126 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 271 mm rain
- Cox’s Bāzār in MayBangladesh · 171 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.8°C · 221 mm rain
- Yenangyaung in MayMyanmar · 209 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 26.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Magway in MayMyanmar · 212 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 26.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Chauk in MayMyanmar · 217 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 26.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Thandwe in MayMyanmar · 242 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 311 mm rain
- Thayetmyo in MayMyanmar · 256 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 133 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.