Climate averages 1991–2020
Taungoo weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Taungoo: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 405 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pyinmana (92 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Taungoo, with 288 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Taungoo ranks 32nd of 49 for the warmest August highs and 28th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Taungoo is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 405 mm to 247 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
Taungoo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 8.1 | 1.0 | 11.111 h |
| February | 32.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.3 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| March | 35.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 6.7 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 33.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 198 | 20.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 28.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 390 | 29.1 | 13.213 h |
| July | 28.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 440 | 29.9 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 405 | 30.2 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 247 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 96 | 15.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 23 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Pyinmana in AugustMyanmar · 92 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 288 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in AugustMyanmar · 95 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 288 mm rain
- Nyaunglebin in AugustMyanmar · 114 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 469 mm rain
- Pyay in AugustMyanmar · 129 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 293 mm rain
- Thayetmyo in AugustMyanmar · 138 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 277 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in AugustMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Hinthada in AugustMyanmar · 177 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 356 mm rain
- Bago in AugustMyanmar · 179 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 548 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 Taungoo) is explained once on the Taungoo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.