Climate averages 1991–2020
Taikkyi weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Taikkyi: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 246 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 12 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Chaung (28 km away). In May its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Taikkyi, with 247 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Taikkyi ranks 18th of 49 for the warmest May highs and 31st of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Taikkyi is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 246 mm to 452 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
Taikkyi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 3.9 | 0.8 | 11.211 h |
| February | 33.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 36.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 9.5 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 32 | 4.2 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 33.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 246 | 21.2 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 452 | 29.6 | 13.113 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 483 | 30.4 | 13.113 h |
| August | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 464 | 30.9 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 336 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 166 | 20.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 36 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| December | 30.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 5.8 | 0.8 | 11.111 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
- San Chaung in MayMyanmar · 28 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Hlaingthaya in MayMyanmar · 53 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 281 mm rain
- Bago in MayMyanmar · 55 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in MayMyanmar · 58 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 281 mm rain
- Yangon in MayMyanmar · 60 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 270 mm rain
- Hinthada in MayMyanmar · 65 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Kyauktan in MayMyanmar · 85 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 270 mm rain
- Dawbon in MayMyanmar · 97 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 272 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 Taikkyi) is explained once on the Taikkyi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.