Meiktila climate

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Meiktila is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. September is the wettest month (199 mm) and February the driest (1.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Meiktila averages 1,037 mm of rain and 358 days above 25 °C.

Myanmar · population 177,442 · 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 14 °C
Driest month February 1 mm
Wettest month September 199 mm
Least cloud February 13 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record December 9.6 °C

What to expectMeiktila through the year

Meiktila has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 37 °C in April, a swing of 9.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 358 days a year reach 25 °C, 189 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 199 mm against 1 mm in February — 141 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.7 °C	6 mm	15 %
February	31.1 °C	1 mm	13 %
March	35.0 °C	6 mm	17 %
April	37.0 °C	24 mm	26 %
May	34.4 °C	121 mm	56 %
June	30.8 °C	133 mm	89 %
July	29.6 °C	143 mm	94 %
August	29.3 °C	190 mm	93 %
September	29.8 °C	199 mm	86 %
October	30.0 °C	160 mm	63 %
November	28.8 °C	41 mm	32 %
December	27.4 °C	11 mm	22 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.7 °C	14.1 °C	20.8 °C	32.7 °C	9.8 °C	29	3
February	31.1 °C	16.2 °C	23.6 °C	36.6 °C	10.0 °C	28	19
March	35.0 °C	20.6 °C	27.8 °C	39.3 °C	14.5 °C	31	31
April	37.0 °C	24.5 °C	30.6 °C	42.1 °C	18.3 °C	30	30
May	34.4 °C	25.1 °C	29.2 °C	42.1 °C	21.2 °C	31	28
June	30.8 °C	24.3 °C	26.9 °C	38.0 °C	22.4 °C	30	19
July	29.6 °C	23.9 °C	26.2 °C	36.8 °C	22.2 °C	30	13
August	29.3 °C	23.7 °C	25.9 °C	34.0 °C	22.2 °C	31	9
September	29.8 °C	23.5 °C	26.2 °C	34.6 °C	21.5 °C	30	14
October	30.0 °C	22.5 °C	25.8 °C	35.4 °C	18.6 °C	31	16
November	28.8 °C	19.1 °C	23.8 °C	33.6 °C	13.1 °C	29	7
December	27.4 °C	15.6 °C	21.3 °C	31.9 °C	9.6 °C	28	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	6 mm	1	11 h/day	15 %	60 %	10 km/h
February	1 mm	0	11 h/day	13 %	47 %	12 km/h
March	6 mm	1	12 h/day	17 %	40 %	14 km/h
April	24 mm	5	13 h/day	26 %	45 %	16 km/h
May	121 mm	15	13 h/day	56 %	65 %	19 km/h
June	133 mm	21	13 h/day	89 %	79 %	23 km/h
July	143 mm	22	13 h/day	94 %	81 %	23 km/h
August	190 mm	25	13 h/day	93 %	83 %	20 km/h
September	199 mm	23	12 h/day	86 %	82 %	15 km/h
October	160 mm	21	12 h/day	63 %	81 %	11 km/h
November	41 mm	5	11 h/day	32 %	75 %	10.0 km/h
December	11 mm	1	11 h/day	22 %	68 %	9.9 km/h

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

Where Meiktila ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in February	37thof 50	1.4 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Meiktila’s climate

When is the best time to visit Meiktila?

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 Meiktila get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 189 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 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Meiktila?

September, averaging 199 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is February with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,037 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 Meiktila 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: 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.