Mandalay climate

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Mandalay is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. September is the wettest month (195 mm) and February the driest (3.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mandalay averages 1,048 mm of rain and 358 days above 25 °C.

Myanmar · population 1,208,099 · 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 15 °C
Driest month February 4 mm
Wettest month September 195 mm
Least cloud February 14 % cloud
Hottest on record May 43 °C
Coldest on record January 11 °C

What to expectMandalay through the year

Mandalay has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 37 °C in April, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 358 days a year reach 25 °C, 219 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 195 mm against 4 mm in February — 52 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.4 °C	8 mm	17 %
February	31.0 °C	4 mm	14 %
March	35.3 °C	12 mm	18 %
April	37.3 °C	26 mm	28 %
May	34.7 °C	152 mm	54 %
June	32.2 °C	122 mm	88 %
July	31.6 °C	124 mm	92 %
August	30.8 °C	172 mm	91 %
September	30.5 °C	195 mm	84 %
October	29.9 °C	173 mm	63 %
November	28.6 °C	49 mm	38 %
December	27.0 °C	10 mm	28 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.4 °C	14.7 °C	20.8 °C	31.9 °C	10.5 °C	29	2
February	31.0 °C	16.6 °C	23.8 °C	37.4 °C	11.2 °C	28	19
March	35.3 °C	21.2 °C	28.3 °C	39.9 °C	15.1 °C	31	30
April	37.3 °C	25.4 °C	31.3 °C	42.3 °C	18.5 °C	30	30
May	34.7 °C	26.3 °C	30.2 °C	42.9 °C	21.0 °C	31	29
June	32.2 °C	25.9 °C	28.6 °C	39.5 °C	23.1 °C	30	26
July	31.6 °C	25.5 °C	28.1 °C	39.3 °C	21.9 °C	31	25
August	30.8 °C	25.1 °C	27.5 °C	37.2 °C	22.8 °C	31	21
September	30.5 °C	24.7 °C	27.3 °C	36.9 °C	21.4 °C	30	19
October	29.9 °C	23.3 °C	26.5 °C	36.9 °C	18.8 °C	31	14
November	28.6 °C	20.0 °C	24.1 °C	35.1 °C	14.1 °C	29	6
December	27.0 °C	16.3 °C	21.4 °C	31.3 °C	10.5 °C	28	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	1	11 h/day	17 %	69 %	9.2 km/h
February	4 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	55 %	10 km/h
March	12 mm	1	12 h/day	18 %	44 %	12 km/h
April	26 mm	4	13 h/day	28 %	47 %	14 km/h
May	152 mm	16	13 h/day	54 %	66 %	16 km/h
June	122 mm	18	13 h/day	88 %	75 %	20 km/h
July	124 mm	19	13 h/day	92 %	75 %	21 km/h
August	172 mm	22	13 h/day	91 %	79 %	18 km/h
September	195 mm	22	12 h/day	84 %	82 %	13 km/h
October	173 mm	20	12 h/day	63 %	84 %	9.1 km/h
November	49 mm	5	11 h/day	38 %	80 %	8.8 km/h
December	10 mm	1	11 h/day	28 %	75 %	9.0 km/h

How Mandalay 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
Mandalay	37 °C	15 °C	1,048 mm	358
Amarapura · Myanmar	38 °C	15 °C	1,049 mm	359
Monywa · Myanmar	38 °C	16 °C	993 mm	356
Meiktila · Myanmar	37 °C	14 °C	1,037 mm	358
Taunggyi · Myanmar	28 °C	8.9 °C	1,016 mm	107
Yawnghwe · Myanmar	32 °C	13 °C	1,021 mm	283
Nay Pyi Taw · Myanmar	37 °C	14 °C	1,530 mm	361

Where Mandalay ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in March	50th of 50	35 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mandalay’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mandalay?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, 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 Mandalay get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 219 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mandalay?

September, averaging 195 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is February with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,048 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 Mandalay 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: 21.975°, 96.084° (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.