Best time to visit Myanmar

Myanmar in this dataset covers 2 cities with distinct NASA POWER grid cells (plus nearby cities that share a cell). Annual rainfall among those cities runs from 261 mm in Mandalay to 1235 mm in Yangon. The monthly-average temperature swing is 7.2–9.5°C depending on the city.

Myanmar is not one climate: the cities here include a tropical climate with small temperature change; a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

Regional contrasts in Myanmar

The hottest peak in the sample is Yangon in April (33.0°C). The coldest monthly average is Mandalay in January (22.0°C). Yangon takes the most rain (1235 mm a year, wettest in July); Mandalay takes the least (261 mm).

Warmest-month averages in the set range from 31.5°C to 33.0°C. Use the city pages for the month-by-month table; this page is the contrast between places.

Best months by region

Myanmar: typical hottest-month average 32.3°C and about 748 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Mandalay (December, January, and February); Yangon (December, January, and February).

Mandalay in Myanmar

Mandalay sits at 21.97°, 96.08°. It is a tropical climate with small temperature change. May is the warmest month at 31.5°C (high 37.0°C); January is the coolest at 22.0°C (low 14.2°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 9.5°C.

Rainfall totals 261 mm, heaviest in June (44 mm) and lightest in February (2 mm). The three highest-scoring months for a visit are December, January, and February. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,208,099. The wettest month is June (44 mm, 13 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is February (2 mm).

Yangon in Myanmar

Yangon sits at 16.81°, 96.16°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. April is the warmest month at 33.0°C (high 39.9°C); December is the coolest at 25.8°C (low 19.8°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 7.2°C.

The monsoon runs from May to October. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are December, January, and February. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 4,477,638. The wettest month is July (280 mm, 24 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is February (1 mm).