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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Insein
Insein climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,712 mm131 wet days a year
16.89° N, 96.10° EElevation 17 mUTC+6:30 · Myanmar Time
When to goInsein · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low30° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Insein has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 37° and nights 25°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,712 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (569 mm, 24 wet days) and February the driest (4 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in February to 75% in July.
Compared with Naypyidaw, the capital, Insein is 0.7° cooler on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 37° · April
- Coldest nights
- 18° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 8% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 08 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 31° | 33° | 36° | 37° | 34° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° |
| Average low | 18° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 1 mm | 4 mm | 10 mm | 28 mm | 302 mm | 562 mm | 584 mm | 569 mm | 385 mm | 196 mm | 67 mm | 4 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 15.2 | 22.3 | 23.5 | 23.9 | 19.2 | 14.1 | 3.4 | 1.1 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 8% | 10% | 17% | 52% | 74% | 75% | 75% | 68% | 45% | 25% | 15% |
| Daylight | 11h 13 | 11h 35 | 12h 01 | 12h 31 | 12h 55 | 13h 08 | 13h 03 | 12h 42 | 12h 15 | 11h 47 | 11h 21 | 11h 08 |
| Month score | 74 | 65 | 53 | 48 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 70 | 77 |
ivMonth by month
Insein in every month
January74
31° / 18°
1 mm · 1.1 wet day
February65
33° / 19°
4 mm · 0.3 wet days
March53
36° / 22°
10 mm · 2.3 wet days
April48
37° / 25°
28 mm · 4.2 wet days
May22
34° / 26°
302 mm · 15.2 wet days
June27
30° / 25°
562 mm · 22.3 wet days
July29
30° / 24°
584 mm · 23.5 wet days
August30
29° / 24°
569 mm · 23.9 wet days
September31
30° / 24°
385 mm · 19.2 wet days
October38
30° / 24°
196 mm · 14.1 wet days
November70
30° / 22°
67 mm · 3.4 wet days
December77
30° / 19°
4 mm · 1.1 wet day