Climate averages 1991–2020
Yenangyaung weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Yenangyaung: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Magway (36 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Yenangyaung, with 204 mm of rain.
Among the 49 cities listed in Myanmar, Yenangyaung ranks 7th of 49 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 49 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 49 cities is 28.3°C; Yenangyaung is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 176 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
Yenangyaung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 5.2 | 0.4 | 11.011 h |
| February | 31.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.3 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 35.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 9.1 | 1.6 | 12.613 h |
| May | 35.9°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 91 | 10.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 32.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 153 | 19.4 | 13.313 h |
| July | 30.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 147 | 21.5 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 150 | 23.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 176 | 19.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 125 | 14.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 19 | 3.1 | 11.211 h |
| December | 27.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 7.3 | 0.7 | 10.911 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
- Magway in AugustMyanmar · 36 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 204 mm rain
- Chauk in AugustMyanmar · 49 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Taungdwingyi in AugustMyanmar · 87 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Pakokku in AugustMyanmar · 99 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Meiktila in AugustMyanmar · 112 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Ann in AugustMyanmar · 114 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 637 mm rain
- Myingyan in AugustMyanmar · 123 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Thayetmyo in AugustMyanmar · 131 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 277 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 Yenangyaung) is explained once on the Yenangyaung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.