Insein climate

Name: Insein
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Insein is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. July is the wettest month (463 mm) and February the driest (2.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Insein averages 2,231 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Myanmar · population 247,675 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 37 °C
Coldest month January 18 °C
Driest month February 2 mm
Wettest month July 463 mm
Least cloud February 18 % cloud
Hottest on record May 42 °C
Coldest on record December 12 °C

What to expectInsein through the year

Insein has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 31 °C in January to 37 °C in April, a swing of 6.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 236 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 463 mm against 2 mm in February — 225 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.7 °C	5 mm	25 %
February	33.3 °C	2 mm	18 %
March	35.9 °C	9 mm	21 %
April	37.2 °C	33 mm	32 %
May	33.2 °C	249 mm	73 %
June	29.7 °C	439 mm	95 %
July	29.2 °C	463 mm	96 %
August	29.1 °C	455 mm	96 %
September	29.6 °C	343 mm	90 %
October	30.3 °C	186 mm	68 %
November	30.7 °C	42 mm	39 %
December	30.2 °C	5 mm	31 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.7 °C	18.1 °C	24.3 °C	34.9 °C	13.2 °C	31	22
February	33.3 °C	19.4 °C	26.2 °C	38.3 °C	13.2 °C	28	27
March	35.9 °C	22.0 °C	28.7 °C	39.5 °C	16.4 °C	31	31
April	37.2 °C	25.1 °C	30.7 °C	41.0 °C	20.9 °C	30	30
May	33.2 °C	25.7 °C	28.8 °C	41.9 °C	23.4 °C	31	24
June	29.7 °C	24.8 °C	26.6 °C	33.9 °C	23.3 °C	30	13
July	29.2 °C	24.4 °C	26.1 °C	33.2 °C	23.2 °C	31	9
August	29.1 °C	24.3 °C	26.0 °C	32.8 °C	22.9 °C	31	8
September	29.6 °C	24.3 °C	26.2 °C	32.8 °C	22.7 °C	30	13
October	30.3 °C	24.1 °C	26.7 °C	33.2 °C	20.0 °C	31	20
November	30.7 °C	22.2 °C	26.2 °C	33.8 °C	14.7 °C	30	23
December	30.2 °C	19.4 °C	24.6 °C	33.4 °C	12.1 °C	31	17

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	11 h/day	25 %	64 %	9.8 km/h
February	2 mm	0	12 h/day	18 %	57 %	11 km/h
March	9 mm	2	12 h/day	21 %	57 %	13 km/h
April	33 mm	4	13 h/day	32 %	60 %	14 km/h
May	249 mm	22	13 h/day	73 %	77 %	15 km/h
June	439 mm	30	13 h/day	95 %	89 %	15 km/h
July	463 mm	30	13 h/day	96 %	90 %	15 km/h
August	455 mm	31	13 h/day	96 %	91 %	15 km/h
September	343 mm	28	12 h/day	90 %	89 %	12 km/h
October	186 mm	21	12 h/day	68 %	86 %	10 km/h
November	42 mm	5	11 h/day	39 %	77 %	9.8 km/h
December	5 mm	1	11 h/day	31 %	68 %	10 km/h

How Insein compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Insein	37 °C	18 °C	2,231 mm	365
Hlaingthaya · Myanmar	37 °C	18 °C	2,446 mm	365
Yangon · Myanmar	37 °C	18 °C	2,314 mm	365
Bago · Myanmar	37 °C	17 °C	2,567 mm	364

Where Insein ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in February	16th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Asia in March	25th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Asia in December	30th of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Asia in January	34th of 50	31 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Insein.

QuestionsCommon questions about Insein’s climate

When is the best time to visit Insein?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, August, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Insein get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 236 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 18 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Insein?

July, averaging 463 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is February with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,231 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Insein rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 16.889°, 96.103° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.