Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kawkareik
Kawkareik climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation3,625 mm169 wet days a year
16.56° N, 98.24° EElevation 22 mUTC+6:30 · Myanmar Time
When to goKawkareik · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low31° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kawkareik has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 36° and nights 24°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 28° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 3,625 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (476 mm, 27 wet days) and December the driest (11 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in February to 77% in August.
Compared with Naypyidaw, the capital, Kawkareik is 2.4° cooler on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 36° · April
- Coldest nights
- 18° · January
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- February · 10% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 06 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 09 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° | 35° | 36° | 32° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 31° |
| Average low | 18° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 3 mm | 12 mm | 26 mm | 84 mm | 369 mm | 688 mm | 830 mm | 868 mm | 476 mm | 210 mm | 48 mm | 11 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 10.7 | 20 | 23.2 | 26 | 26.3 | 26.5 | 20.5 | 7 | 0.7 |
| Cloud cover | 13% | 10% | 14% | 24% | 58% | 75% | 76% | 77% | 66% | 42% | 24% | 15% |
| Daylight | 11h 15 | 11h 36 | 12h 01 | 12h 30 | 12h 54 | 13h 06 | 13h 02 | 12h 42 | 12h 15 | 11h 47 | 11h 22 | 11h 09 |
| Month score | 70 | 56 | 50 | 33 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 58 | 75 |
ivMonth by month
Kawkareik in every month
January70
31° / 18°
3 mm · 1.3 wet day
February56
33° / 19°
12 mm · 3.5 wet days
March50
35° / 22°
26 mm · 3.5 wet days
April33
36° / 24°
84 mm · 10.7 wet days
May28
32° / 24°
369 mm · 20 wet days
June34
28° / 24°
688 mm · 23.2 wet days
July35
28° / 24°
830 mm · 26 wet days
August36
28° / 23°
868 mm · 26.3 wet days
September35
29° / 23°
476 mm · 26.5 wet days
October38
31° / 23°
210 mm · 20.5 wet days
November58
31° / 21°
48 mm · 7 wet days
December75
31° / 18°
11 mm · 0.7 wet day