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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Yangon
Yangon climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,798 mm131 wet days a year
16.81° N, 96.16° EElevation 30 mUTC+6:30 · Myanmar Time
When to goYangon · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low30° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Yangon 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 2,798 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (590 mm, 24 wet days) and February the driest (3 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in February to 75% in July.
Compared with Naypyidaw, the capital, Yangon is 1.1° 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 07 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° | 33° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° |
| Average low | 18° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 1 mm | 3 mm | 11 mm | 30 mm | 312 mm | 577 mm | 600 mm | 590 mm | 400 mm | 202 mm | 67 mm | 5 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 14 | 11h 36 | 12h 01 | 12h 31 | 12h 55 | 13h 07 | 13h 02 | 12h 42 | 12h 15 | 11h 47 | 11h 21 | 11h 08 |
| Month score | 74 | 65 | 53 | 48 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 78 |
ivMonth by month
Yangon in every month
January74
31° / 18°
1 mm · 1.1 wet day
February65
33° / 19°
3 mm · 0.3 wet days
March53
36° / 22°
11 mm · 2.3 wet days
April48
37° / 25°
30 mm · 4.2 wet days
May23
33° / 25°
312 mm · 15.2 wet days
June28
30° / 25°
577 mm · 22.3 wet days
July29
30° / 24°
600 mm · 23.5 wet days
August30
29° / 24°
590 mm · 23.9 wet days
September31
30° / 24°
400 mm · 19.2 wet days
October39
30° / 24°
202 mm · 14.1 wet days
November70
30° / 22°
67 mm · 3.4 wet days
December78
30° / 19°
5 mm · 1.1 wet day