Amarapura weather in August

In August, Amarapura sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 165 mm of rain across 21.2 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Amarapura's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amarapura's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
6th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
165 mm
21.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:47 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
91%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Amarapura is town in Mandalay, Myanmar.

Founded
1783

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Amarapura reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Amarapura

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Amarapura weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 15°80.910.87.7
Feb32° / 17°40.711.25.2
Mar36° / 22°121.311.82.4
Apr38° / 26°254.612.50.9
May36° / 27°15415.7131.6
Jun34° / 27°12018.113.32.2
Jul34° / 27°11718.913.22.3
Aug33° / 26°16521.212.82.4
Sep33° / 26°18521.312.12.5
Oct32° / 25°1641911.53.3
Nov30° / 21°475.1115.8
Dec28° / 17°101.210.77.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2496
3496
4397
5397
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Amarapura gets around 165 mm of rain over 21.2 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 68% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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267
367
466
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966
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3069
3169

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14852
24753
34654
44654
54555
64555
74555
84555
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114555
124555
134456
144456
154357
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203862
213763
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233565
243466
253367
263268
273268
283169
293169
303169
313169

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:416:42
213.05:426:42
313.05:426:41
413.05:436:41
513.05:436:40
612.95:436:40
712.95:446:39
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.04 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.04 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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314.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Amarapura

In seasonPeak

In August, Amarapura sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Amarapura sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Amarapura's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Amarapura?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amarapura.

What to pack for Amarapura in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Amarapura sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Amarapura in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amarapura peaks around July 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighJul 20UV 12Dec 21UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb7Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Amarapura in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Amarapura is worst in March — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateMar 1668 µg/m³Jul 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb51Poor
Mar71Unhealthy
Apr48Poor
May29Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Amarapura?

Amarapura sits at 21.9°N, 96.0°E, 79 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Sagaing, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Amarapura

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Amarapura.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amarapura has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 69 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,656 m.

The land around Amarapura is covered by cropland (32%), trees (26%) and water (21%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
267 m
80 km
1,656 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Sagaing 8.0 km · Mandalay 8.0 km · Madaya 34 km · Kyaukse 35 km · Pyin Oo Lwin 44 km · Shwebo 82 km · Myingyan 84 km · Yesagyo 88 km

Myanmar travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / C / D / F / G / I
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,489
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
60%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.6
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
20.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 444
Religion
Buddhist 88%Christian 6%Muslim 4%Animist 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Amarapura (21.9071°, 96.0489°, elevation 79 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).