Taunggyi climate

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Taunggyi is warmest in April, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.9 °C. August is the wettest month (207 mm) and February the driest (2.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Taunggyi averages 1,016 mm of rain and 107 days above 25 °C.

Myanmar · 1,430 m elevation · population 160,115 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January 8.9 °C
Driest month February 3 mm
Wettest month August 207 mm
Least cloud February 14 % cloud
Hottest on record May 33 °C
Coldest on record December 3.1 °C

What to expectTaunggyi through the year

Taunggyi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 28 °C in April, a swing of 7.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 107 days a year reach 25 °C, 10 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 207 mm against 3 mm in February — 73 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.3 °C	11 mm	20 %
February	23.7 °C	3 mm	14 %
March	26.9 °C	8 mm	18 %
April	28.5 °C	27 mm	27 %
May	26.6 °C	128 mm	60 %
June	24.3 °C	150 mm	90 %
July	23.4 °C	170 mm	95 %
August	23.2 °C	207 mm	94 %
September	23.6 °C	168 mm	87 %
October	23.4 °C	99 mm	69 %
November	22.3 °C	34 mm	43 %
December	20.9 °C	13 mm	30 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	21.3 °C	8.9 °C	14.8 °C	25.7 °C	3.5 °C	0	0
February	23.7 °C	10.3 °C	16.8 °C	28.9 °C	4.6 °C	7	0
March	26.9 °C	13.1 °C	20.1 °C	31.7 °C	8.0 °C	27	0
April	28.5 °C	16.2 °C	22.3 °C	32.8 °C	12.4 °C	29	7
May	26.6 °C	17.5 °C	21.6 °C	33.2 °C	12.9 °C	22	3
June	24.3 °C	18.0 °C	20.6 °C	28.4 °C	15.6 °C	10	0
July	23.4 °C	17.8 °C	20.1 °C	27.3 °C	15.3 °C	4	0
August	23.2 °C	17.5 °C	19.8 °C	26.3 °C	15.1 °C	2	0
September	23.6 °C	16.9 °C	19.8 °C	26.7 °C	14.7 °C	3	0
October	23.4 °C	15.5 °C	19.1 °C	26.8 °C	11.6 °C	2	0
November	22.3 °C	12.6 °C	17.3 °C	27.0 °C	7.0 °C	1	0
December	20.9 °C	9.9 °C	15.3 °C	25.1 °C	3.1 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	61 %	9.6 km/h
February	3 mm	1	11 h/day	14 %	52 %	11 km/h
March	8 mm	1	12 h/day	18 %	46 %	13 km/h
April	27 mm	5	13 h/day	27 %	52 %	13 km/h
May	128 mm	17	13 h/day	60 %	72 %	12 km/h
June	150 mm	24	13 h/day	90 %	82 %	12 km/h
July	170 mm	25	13 h/day	95 %	84 %	12 km/h
August	207 mm	27	13 h/day	94 %	86 %	9.8 km/h
September	168 mm	24	12 h/day	87 %	85 %	8.3 km/h
October	99 mm	17	12 h/day	69 %	82 %	7.7 km/h
November	34 mm	6	11 h/day	43 %	75 %	7.5 km/h
December	13 mm	2	11 h/day	30 %	68 %	8.0 km/h

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

Where Taunggyi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	7thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	7thof 50	83/100
Places with the best weather in the world in February	9thof 50	96/100
The coolest places in Asia in August	22ndof 50	23 °C
The coolest places in Asia in July	24thof 50	23 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	46thof 50	91/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Taunggyi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Taunggyi?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, July, August 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 Taunggyi get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 10 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.9 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Taunggyi?

August, averaging 207 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is February with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,016 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 Taunggyi 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.