Climate averages 1991–2020
Thaton weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th 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 Thaton: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 428 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mawlamyine (55 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Thaton, with 374 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Thaton ranks joint 30th of 49 for the warmest May highs and 48th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Thaton is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 428 mm to 800 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mawlamyine in MayMyanmar · 55 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 374 mm rain
- Mudon in MayMyanmar · 83 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 356 mm rain
- Bago in MayMyanmar · 105 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Kyauktan in MayMyanmar · 116 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 270 mm rain
- Yangon in MayMyanmar · 130 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 270 mm rain
- Nyaunglebin in MayMyanmar · 134 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 208 mm rain
- Set Ka Lay in MayMyanmar · 134 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 281 mm rain
- San Chaung in MayMyanmar · 137 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 247 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.