Monywa climate

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Monywa is warmest in April, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. September is the wettest month (219 mm) and February the driest (1.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Monywa averages 993 mm of rain and 356 days above 25 °C.

Myanmar · population 182,011 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 16 °C
Driest month February 2 mm
Wettest month September 219 mm
Least cloud February 14 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record January 11 °C

What to expectMonywa through the year

Monywa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 38 °C in April, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 356 days a year reach 25 °C, 241 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 219 mm against 2 mm in February — 144 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.1 °C	4 mm	15 %
February	30.8 °C	2 mm	14 %
March	35.3 °C	7 mm	18 %
April	37.9 °C	18 mm	27 %
May	36.0 °C	119 mm	53 %
June	33.7 °C	113 mm	87 %
July	33.4 °C	120 mm	92 %
August	32.1 °C	180 mm	91 %
September	31.3 °C	219 mm	85 %
October	30.1 °C	170 mm	61 %
November	28.3 °C	34 mm	33 %
December	26.6 °C	6 mm	21 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.1 °C	15.6 °C	21.1 °C	31.7 °C	10.5 °C	28	1
February	30.8 °C	17.6 °C	24.2 °C	37.2 °C	12.6 °C	28	18
March	35.3 °C	21.7 °C	28.7 °C	41.3 °C	15.3 °C	31	30
April	37.9 °C	25.8 °C	31.9 °C	42.9 °C	20.5 °C	30	30
May	36.0 °C	26.8 °C	31.1 °C	42.9 °C	21.4 °C	31	30
June	33.7 °C	26.5 °C	29.6 °C	41.1 °C	22.3 °C	30	28
July	33.4 °C	26.1 °C	29.2 °C	40.9 °C	23.5 °C	31	29
August	32.1 °C	25.6 °C	28.3 °C	39.1 °C	23.8 °C	31	28
September	31.3 °C	25.1 °C	27.7 °C	37.6 °C	22.0 °C	30	24
October	30.1 °C	23.6 °C	26.5 °C	36.4 °C	19.0 °C	30	18
November	28.3 °C	20.1 °C	23.9 °C	34.8 °C	15.0 °C	29	5
December	26.6 °C	16.7 °C	21.4 °C	31.1 °C	11.7 °C	27	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	11 h/day	15 %	65 %	10 km/h
February	2 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	52 %	11 km/h
March	7 mm	1	12 h/day	18 %	42 %	12 km/h
April	18 mm	4	13 h/day	27 %	44 %	13 km/h
May	119 mm	14	13 h/day	53 %	62 %	15 km/h
June	113 mm	17	13 h/day	87 %	72 %	19 km/h
July	120 mm	19	13 h/day	92 %	72 %	19 km/h
August	180 mm	23	13 h/day	91 %	78 %	16 km/h
September	219 mm	23	12 h/day	85 %	82 %	12 km/h
October	170 mm	19	12 h/day	61 %	84 %	9.4 km/h
November	34 mm	5	11 h/day	33 %	78 %	9.7 km/h
December	6 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	72 %	9.9 km/h

How Monywa 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
Monywa	38 °C	16 °C	993 mm	356
Amarapura · Myanmar	38 °C	15 °C	1,049 mm	359
Mandalay · Myanmar	37 °C	15 °C	1,048 mm	358
Meiktila · Myanmar	37 °C	14 °C	1,037 mm	358
Kalemyo · Myanmar	36 °C	11 °C	2,007 mm	297
Taunggyi · Myanmar	28 °C	8.9 °C	1,016 mm	107
Yawnghwe · Myanmar	32 °C	13 °C	1,021 mm	283

Where Monywa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in February	40thof 50	1.5 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Monywa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Monywa?

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

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 241 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 16 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Monywa?

September, averaging 219 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is February with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 993 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 Monywa 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.