Bagan weather in September

In September, Bagan sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 189 mm of rain across 20.8 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-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 5% of the time in September, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of September to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Bagan's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bagan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 189 mm; 20.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:01 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 9th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Bagan is human settlement.

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical September day in Bagan 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 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and about 1°C warmer than October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	33	25
22	33	25
23	33	25
24	33	25
25	33	25
26	33	25
27	33	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25

How September really feels in Bagan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 30 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

30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Bagan weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 17°	7	0.7	10.9	7.6
Feb	32° / 18°	1	0.2	11.3	5.2
Mar	36° / 22°	3	0.9	11.9	2.5
Apr	39° / 26°	12	2.5	12.5	0.9
May	37° / 27°	101	12	13	1.5
Jun	34° / 26°	98	15.1	13.3	2.4
Jul	34° / 26°	99	16.5	13.2	2.5
Aug	33° / 26°	138	20.5	12.7	2.5
Sep	33° / 26°	189	20.8	12.1	2.6
Oct	32° / 24°	149	17.7	11.5	3.4
Nov	30° / 21°	31	4.3	11	5.9
Dec	28° / 18°	7	0.9	10.7	7.7

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	8	9	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	18	18	19	19	19	22	22	23
Cloudier (%)	92	91	90	90	90	89	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	84	82	82	81	81	81	78	78	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	23	77

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Bagan gets around 189 mm of rain over 20.8 wet days in September, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 70% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	67
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	70
11	70
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	70
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	68

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the miserable band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Oppressive (%)	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	23
Miserable (%)	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	77	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	78	78	77

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	23	77

Wind in September

Winds average 9 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of September to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 5:55 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05
Sunset (PM)	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:57	6:23
2	12.4	5:58	6:22
3	12.4	5:58	6:21
4	12.4	5:58	6:20
5	12.3	5:58	6:19
6	12.3	5:59	6:18
7	12.3	5:59	6:17
8	12.3	5:59	6:16
9	12.3	5:59	6:15
10	12.2	6:00	6:14
11	12.2	6:00	6:13
12	12.2	6:00	6:12
13	12.2	6:00	6:11
14	12.2	6:01	6:10
15	12.1	6:01	6:09
16	12.1	6:01	6:08
17	12.1	6:01	6:07
18	12.1	6:02	6:06
19	12.1	6:02	6:05
20	12.0	6:02	6:04
21	12.0	6:02	6:03
22	12.0	6:03	6:02
23	12.0	6:03	6:01
24	12.0	6:03	6:00
25	11.9	6:03	5:59
26	11.9	6:04	5:58
27	11.9	6:04	5:57
28	11.9	6:04	5:56
29	11.8	6:05	5:55
30	11.8	6:05	5:55

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in April across the year — September's 4.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Bagan

In seasonPeak

In September, Bagan sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Bagan'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 September a good time to visit Bagan?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bagan.

What to pack for Bagan in September

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

In September, Bagan 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 Bagan in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bagan peaks around July 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 6 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	7	8	9	8	12	9	13	12	11	9	8	6
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	12	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Bagan in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Bagan is worst in March — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 14 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	42	46	57	49	26	16	14	16	17	20	26	35
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	57	Unhealthy
Apr	49	Poor
May	26	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	26	Moderate
Dec	35	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bagan?

Bagan sits at 21.2°N, 94.9°E, 62 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Pakokku, 24 km away.

Topography around Bagan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bagan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 332 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,430 m.

The land around Bagan is covered by water (30%) and cropland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

50 m

water 30%

16 km

332 m

cropland 59%

80 km

1,430 m

cropland 45%

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← August Bagan year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Pakokku 24 km · Chauk 35 km · Kyaukpadaung 46 km · Myingyan 57 km · Yesagyo 59 km · Yenangyaung 82 km · Monywa 104 km · Meiktila 105 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

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 Bagan (21.2006°, 94.9083°, elevation 62 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	33	25
22	33	25
23	33	25
24	33	25
25	33	25
26	33	25
27	33	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	67
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	70
11	70
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	70
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	68

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	23	77

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	33	25
22	33	25
23	33	25
24	33	25
25	33	25
26	33	25
27	33	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	67
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	70
11	70
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	70
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	68

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	23	77

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	33	25
22	33	25
23	33	25
24	33	25
25	33	25
26	33	25
27	33	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	9	91
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	11	89
7	12	88
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	67
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	70
11	70
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	72
17	71
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	70
23	70
24	70
25	70
26	70
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	68

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	29	71
8	28	72
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	23	77