Pathein climate

Name: Pathein
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Pathein is warmest in April, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. August is the wettest month (491 mm) and February the driest (1.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pathein averages 2,286 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Myanmar · population 237,089 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month February 1 mm
Wettest month August 491 mm
Least cloud February 19 % cloud
Hottest on record May 40 °C
Coldest on record December 12 °C

What to expectPathein through the year

Pathein has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 35 °C in April, a swing of 5.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 207 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 491 mm against 1 mm in February — 376 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.0 °C	6 mm	27 %
February	32.3 °C	1 mm	19 %
March	34.2 °C	10 mm	22 %
April	35.2 °C	28 mm	31 %
May	32.6 °C	219 mm	70 %
June	29.4 °C	456 mm	95 %
July	28.8 °C	479 mm	96 %
August	28.6 °C	491 mm	96 %
September	29.3 °C	363 mm	92 %
October	30.0 °C	183 mm	73 %
November	30.1 °C	42 mm	43 %
December	29.5 °C	8 mm	34 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.0 °C	18.6 °C	23.8 °C	34.8 °C	14.3 °C	31	16
February	32.3 °C	19.8 °C	25.3 °C	37.6 °C	15.1 °C	28	26
March	34.2 °C	22.1 °C	27.2 °C	38.8 °C	16.7 °C	31	31
April	35.2 °C	24.8 °C	29.1 °C	38.6 °C	21.1 °C	30	30
May	32.6 °C	25.6 °C	28.3 °C	39.9 °C	23.5 °C	31	24
June	29.4 °C	24.9 °C	26.5 °C	33.5 °C	23.5 °C	30	11
July	28.8 °C	24.5 °C	26.0 °C	32.4 °C	23.4 °C	31	7
August	28.6 °C	24.4 °C	25.9 °C	32.3 °C	23.1 °C	31	6
September	29.3 °C	24.2 °C	26.0 °C	32.4 °C	23.0 °C	30	10
October	30.0 °C	23.8 °C	26.3 °C	33.2 °C	19.3 °C	31	18
November	30.1 °C	22.0 °C	25.7 °C	33.1 °C	15.3 °C	30	17
December	29.5 °C	19.4 °C	24.1 °C	32.8 °C	11.5 °C	31	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	6 mm	1	11 h/day	27 %	70 %	12 km/h
February	1 mm	0	12 h/day	19 %	67 %	14 km/h
March	10 mm	1	12 h/day	22 %	69 %	16 km/h
April	28 mm	4	13 h/day	31 %	70 %	16 km/h
May	219 mm	21	13 h/day	70 %	81 %	15 km/h
June	456 mm	29	13 h/day	95 %	91 %	15 km/h
July	479 mm	31	13 h/day	96 %	92 %	15 km/h
August	491 mm	31	13 h/day	96 %	93 %	15 km/h
September	363 mm	29	12 h/day	92 %	92 %	13 km/h
October	183 mm	23	12 h/day	73 %	89 %	11 km/h
November	42 mm	6	11 h/day	43 %	82 %	11 km/h
December	8 mm	1	11 h/day	34 %	74 %	11 km/h

How Pathein 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
Pathein	35 °C	19 °C	2,286 mm	365
Hlaingthaya · Myanmar	37 °C	18 °C	2,446 mm	365
Insein · Myanmar	37 °C	18 °C	2,231 mm	365
Yangon · Myanmar	37 °C	18 °C	2,314 mm	365
Bago · Myanmar	37 °C	17 °C	2,567 mm	364

Where Pathein ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in February	33rd of 50	1.3 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pathein’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pathein?

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 Pathein get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 207 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 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Pathein?

August, averaging 491 mm over 31 days with rain. The driest month is February with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,286 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 Pathein 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: 16.779°, 94.732° (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.