Kēng Tung climate
Kēng Tung is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. July is the wettest month (322 mm) and February the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Kēng Tung averages 1,397 mm of rain and 297 days above 25 °C.
Myanmar · population 171,620 · 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 32 °C
- Coldest month January 13 °C
- Driest month February 11 mm
- Wettest month July 322 mm
- Least cloud February 22 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 40 °C
- Coldest on record December 5.6 °C
What to expectKēng Tung through the year
Kēng Tung has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 32 °C in April, a swing of 7.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 297 days a year reach 25 °C, 104 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 322 mm against 11 mm in February — 29 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5 °C | 21 mm | 31 % |
| February | 27.5 °C | 11 mm | 22 % |
| March | 30.9 °C | 20 mm | 27 % |
| April | 32.0 °C | 47 mm | 38 % |
| May | 31.0 °C | 129 mm | 65 % |
| June | 29.7 °C | 188 mm | 90 % |
| July | 28.4 °C | 322 mm | 94 % |
| August | 28.3 °C | 316 mm | 92 % |
| September | 28.2 °C | 191 mm | 83 % |
| October | 27.1 °C | 97 mm | 68 % |
| November | 25.4 °C | 37 mm | 45 % |
| December | 23.6 °C | 19 mm | 39 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5 °C | 12.5 °C | 18.2 °C | 30.6 °C | 6.3 °C | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 27.5 °C | 13.9 °C | 20.5 °C | 32.7 °C | 9.1 °C | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| March | 30.9 °C | 16.9 °C | 23.7 °C | 36.3 °C | 10.1 °C | 29 | 22 | 0 |
| April | 32.0 °C | 19.8 °C | 25.6 °C | 37.7 °C | 13.2 °C | 29 | 23 | 0 |
| May | 31.0 °C | 21.4 °C | 25.6 °C | 39.6 °C | 16.5 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| June | 29.7 °C | 22.2 °C | 25.2 °C | 35.1 °C | 18.8 °C | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| July | 28.4 °C | 21.9 °C | 24.5 °C | 34.7 °C | 19.7 °C | 29 | 8 | 0 |
| August | 28.3 °C | 21.6 °C | 24.3 °C | 33.5 °C | 19.3 °C | 29 | 7 | 0 |
| September | 28.2 °C | 20.9 °C | 24.0 °C | 32.9 °C | 17.2 °C | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| October | 27.1 °C | 19.1 °C | 22.7 °C | 32.0 °C | 12.2 °C | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 25.4 °C | 15.8 °C | 20.4 °C | 31.1 °C | 8.4 °C | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 23.6 °C | 12.9 °C | 18.1 °C | 28.8 °C | 5.6 °C | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 31 % | 72 % | 8.0 km/h |
| February | 11 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 22 % | 60 % | 10 km/h |
| March | 20 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 27 % | 56 % | 11 km/h |
| April | 47 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 38 % | 63 % | 11 km/h |
| May | 129 mm | 16 | 13 h/day | 65 % | 77 % | 9.3 km/h |
| June | 188 mm | 24 | 13 h/day | 90 % | 85 % | 8.4 km/h |
| July | 322 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 94 % | 89 % | 7.2 km/h |
| August | 316 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 92 % | 90 % | 6.4 km/h |
| September | 191 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 88 % | 5.8 km/h |
| October | 97 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 68 % | 86 % | 5.9 km/h |
| November | 37 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 45 % | 81 % | 6.2 km/h |
| December | 19 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 39 % | 77 % | 6.5 km/h |
How Kēng Tung 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kēng Tung | 32 °C | 13 °C | 1,397 mm | 297 |
| Jinghong · China | 33 °C | 12 °C | 1,812 mm | 297 |
| Pu'er · China | 28 °C | 9.5 °C | 1,721 mm | 169 |
| Ning’er · China | 28 °C | 9.1 °C | 1,848 mm | 151 |
| Lincang · China | 27 °C | 7.6 °C | 1,494 mm | 154 |
| Taunggyi · Myanmar | 28 °C | 8.9 °C | 1,016 mm | 107 |
| Jianshui · China | 24 °C | 4.5 °C | 1,888 mm | 45 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kēng Tung.
QuestionsCommon questions about Kēng Tung’s climate
When is the best time to visit Kēng Tung?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, November 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 Kēng Tung get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 104 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Kēng Tung?
July, averaging 322 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,397 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 Kēng Tung 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.