Climate averages 1991–2020
Thaton weather
in August.
A warm, 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 warm month in Thaton: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 845 mm of rain on roughly 31 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mawlamyine (55 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Thaton, with 713 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Thaton ranks joint 36th of 49 for the warmest August highs and 48th of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Thaton is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 845 mm to 537 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
Thaton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 6.2 | 1.0 | 11.211 h |
| February | 32.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| March | 34.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 16 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 68 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| May | 31.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 428 | 25.8 | 12.913 h |
| June | 28.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 800 | 29.8 | 13.113 h |
| July | 27.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 889 | 30.8 | 13.013 h |
| August, selected | 27.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 845 | 31.0 | 12.713 h |
| September | 28.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 537 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 215 | 20.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 34 | 4.8 | 11.411 h |
| December | 30.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 7.8 | 0.9 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Mawlamyine in AugustMyanmar · 55 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 713 mm rain
- Mudon in AugustMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 739 mm rain
- Bago in AugustMyanmar · 105 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 548 mm rain
- Kyauktan in AugustMyanmar · 116 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 482 mm rain
- Yangon in AugustMyanmar · 130 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 482 mm rain
- Nyaunglebin in AugustMyanmar · 134 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 469 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in AugustMyanmar · 134 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 501 mm rain
- San Chaung in AugustMyanmar · 137 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 455 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 Thaton) is explained once on the Thaton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.