Climate averages 1991–2020

Thandwe weather
in August.

A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 24.2°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 852 mm 31 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a warm month in Thandwe: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.

Expect about 852 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 45 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pyay (98 km away). In August its highs average 29.3°C, 2.2°C warmer than Thandwe, with 293 mm of rain.

Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Thandwe ranks 39th of 49 for the warmest August highs and 49th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Thandwe is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 852 mm to 477 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 11000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Thandwe climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Thandwe, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.5°C17.3°C17.3°C6.50.611.211 h
February 30.2°C17.7°C17.7°C1.90.311.512 h
March 31.9°C20.4°C20.4°C6.50.712.012 h
April 32.9°C23.6°C23.6°C272.812.613 h
May 31.0°C25.0°C25.0°C31121.613.013 h
June 28.0°C24.7°C24.7°C1,02529.313.213 h
July 27.2°C24.3°C24.3°C1,08930.813.113 h
August, selected 27.2°C24.2°C24.2°C85230.912.813 h
September 28.3°C24.1°C24.1°C47728.712.312 h
October 29.7°C23.9°C23.9°C15820.211.712 h
November 29.8°C22.0°C22.0°C314.511.311 h
December 28.9°C19.2°C19.2°C101.011.011 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

Distance from Thandwe

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Thandwe) is explained once on the Thandwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.