Climate averages 1991–2020
Taungoo 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 Taungoo: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 198 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 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pyinmana (92 km away). In May its highs average 34.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Taungoo, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Taungoo ranks joint 20th of 49 for the warmest May highs and 25th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Taungoo is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 198 mm to 390 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Pyinmana in MayMyanmar · 92 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in MayMyanmar · 95 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 151 mm rain
- Nyaunglebin in MayMyanmar · 114 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Pyay in MayMyanmar · 129 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Thayetmyo in MayMyanmar · 138 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in MayMyanmar · 151 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Hinthada in MayMyanmar · 177 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Bago in MayMyanmar · 179 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 290 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.