Climate averages 1991–2020
Thayetmyo weather
in May.
A very hot, 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 very hot month in Thayetmyo: daytime highs average 35.0°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pyay (56 km away). In May its highs average 34.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Thayetmyo, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Thayetmyo ranks joint 7th of 49 for the warmest May highs and joint 12th of 49 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 49 cities is 32.2°C; Thayetmyo is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 313 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
Thayetmyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 7.1 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| February | 32.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
| March | 36.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 3.9 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 18 | 2.2 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 35.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 133 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 313 | 27.6 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 310 | 29.6 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 277 | 28.9 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 228 | 26.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 129 | 18.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 27 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| December | 28.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 5.8 | 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
- Pyay in MayMyanmar · 56 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in MayMyanmar · 85 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Magway in MayMyanmar · 96 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 26.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Nay Pyi Taw in MayMyanmar · 110 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 151 mm rain
- Pyinmana in MayMyanmar · 117 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Thandwe in MayMyanmar · 128 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 311 mm rain
- Ann in MayMyanmar · 130 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 271 mm rain
- Yenangyaung in MayMyanmar · 131 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 26.5°C · 91 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 Thayetmyo) is explained once on the Thayetmyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.