Sittwe climate

Name: Sittwe
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Sittwe is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. July is the wettest month (785 mm) and February the driest (3.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sittwe averages 3,044 mm of rain and 352 days above 25 °C.

Myanmar · population 177,743 · 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 17 °C
Driest month February 4 mm
Wettest month July 785 mm
Least cloud January 17 % cloud
Hottest on record May 36 °C
Coldest on record January 13 °C
Warmest sea October 30 °C

What to expectSittwe through the year

Sittwe has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 32 °C in April, a swing of 6.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 352 days a year reach 25 °C, 96 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 785 mm against 4 mm in February — 201 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Sittwe is warmest in October at 30 °C and coldest in February at 25 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.0 °C	7 mm	17 %
February	27.9 °C	4 mm	18 %
March	30.4 °C	9 mm	22 %
April	31.6 °C	24 mm	28 %
May	30.8 °C	261 mm	58 %
June	28.7 °C	687 mm	92 %
July	28.0 °C	785 mm	96 %
August	28.1 °C	607 mm	95 %
September	28.7 °C	395 mm	89 %
October	29.3 °C	214 mm	63 %
November	28.4 °C	39 mm	34 %
December	26.6 °C	12 mm	25 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.0 °C	17.4 °C	21.5 °C	30.4 °C	13.4 °C	24	0
February	27.9 °C	19.1 °C	23.2 °C	33.5 °C	14.5 °C	27	3
March	30.4 °C	22.5 °C	26.1 °C	35.1 °C	16.8 °C	31	18
April	31.6 °C	25.4 °C	28.3 °C	35.0 °C	21.8 °C	30	28
May	30.8 °C	26.3 °C	28.4 °C	35.5 °C	23.1 °C	31	22
June	28.7 °C	25.9 °C	27.1 °C	33.1 °C	23.9 °C	30	5
July	28.0 °C	25.6 °C	26.6 °C	31.1 °C	24.1 °C	31	1
August	28.1 °C	25.5 °C	26.5 °C	31.4 °C	24.2 °C	31	1
September	28.7 °C	25.4 °C	26.8 °C	31.9 °C	23.8 °C	30	4
October	29.3 °C	25.1 °C	27.0 °C	32.9 °C	21.4 °C	31	11
November	28.4 °C	22.5 °C	25.3 °C	32.1 °C	16.8 °C	30	3
December	26.6 °C	19.2 °C	22.7 °C	30.6 °C	14.7 °C	27	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	7 mm	1	11 h/day	17 %	71 %	12 km/h	25.5 °C
February	4 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	69 %	15 km/h	25.1 °C
March	9 mm	1	12 h/day	22 %	73 %	18 km/h	26.5 °C
April	24 mm	4	13 h/day	28 %	76 %	19 km/h	28.6 °C
May	261 mm	21	13 h/day	58 %	82 %	17 km/h	29.6 °C
June	687 mm	29	13 h/day	92 %	89 %	17 km/h	29.4 °C
July	785 mm	31	13 h/day	96 %	90 %	18 km/h	28.8 °C
August	607 mm	31	13 h/day	95 %	90 %	17 km/h	28.4 °C
September	395 mm	28	12 h/day	89 %	89 %	14 km/h	29.0 °C
October	214 mm	20	12 h/day	63 %	86 %	11 km/h	29.7 °C
November	39 mm	4	11 h/day	34 %	80 %	9.4 km/h	28.8 °C
December	12 mm	1	11 h/day	25 %	75 %	9.8 km/h	27.0 °C

How Sittwe 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
Sittwe	32 °C	17 °C	3,044 mm	352
Kyaukpyu · Myanmar	31 °C	20 °C	3,335 mm	352
Cox’s Bāzār · Bangladesh	31 °C	16 °C	2,645 mm	323
Bāndarban · Bangladesh	34 °C	14 °C	2,072 mm	343
Chattogram · Bangladesh	31 °C	15 °C	2,608 mm	316
Hāthazāri · Bangladesh	31 °C	15 °C	2,622 mm	326
Karnaphuli · Bangladesh	33 °C	14 °C	1,929 mm	326

Where Sittwe ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	6th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in February	8th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia year-round	13th of 50	81/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in January	15th of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in March	15th of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in December	17th of 50	99/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sittwe’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sittwe?

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 Sittwe get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 96 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sittwe?

July, averaging 785 mm over 31 days with rain. The driest month is February with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 3,044 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 Sittwe 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: 20.146°, 92.898° (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.