Climate averages 1991–2020
Yangon weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Yangon: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Set Ka Lay (5 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Yangon, with 5.0 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Yangon ranks joint 11th of 49 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 49 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 49 cities is 27.1°C; Yangon is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.7 mm to 4.1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Yangon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 11.211 h |
| February | 33.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 11 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 36.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 41 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 270 | 22.3 | 12.913 h |
| June | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 450 | 29.7 | 13.113 h |
| July | 29.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 484 | 30.6 | 13.013 h |
| August | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 482 | 30.8 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 359 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 173 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 35 | 4.5 | 11.411 h |
| December, selected | 30.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 4.7 | 0.7 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Set Ka Lay in DecemberMyanmar · 5 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Hlaingthaya in DecemberMyanmar · 11 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Kyauktan in DecemberMyanmar · 26 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 4.7 mm rain
- San Chaung in DecemberMyanmar · 33 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Taikkyi in DecemberMyanmar · 60 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Dawbon in DecemberMyanmar · 67 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Bago in DecemberMyanmar · 68 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Hinthada in DecemberMyanmar · 120 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 4.4 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 Yangon) is explained once on the Yangon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kyauktan lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.