Chauk weather in August

In August, Chauk sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 155 mm of rain across 21.8 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Chauk's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chauk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
155 mm
21.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:53 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
90%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Chauk is human settlement in Myanmar.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Chauk reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°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 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Chauk

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.

Chauk 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
Jan28° / 16°60.510.98.0
Feb32° / 18°10.211.35.6
Mar36° / 21°30.711.93.0
Apr38° / 25°112.312.51.3
May36° / 26°10211.1131.7
Jun33° / 26°12516.713.22.5
Jul33° / 26°12218.813.12.7
Aug32° / 25°15521.812.72.7
Sep32° / 25°19220.712.12.8
Oct31° / 24°13816.711.53.7
Nov30° / 21°273.6116.2
Dec28° / 18°70.810.88.1

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 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Chauk gets around 155 mm of rain over 21.8 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 70% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12773
22674
32674
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112278
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:486:46
212.95:486:45
312.95:496:45
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512.95:496:44
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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 4.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Chauk

In seasonPeak

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

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

Chauk'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 Chauk?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chauk.

What to pack for Chauk in August

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

In August, Chauk sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Chauk 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 Chauk 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 21UV 13Dec 20UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb8Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr9Very high
May13Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Chauk 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 Chauk is worst in March — around 90 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.1× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyModerateMar 2288 µg/m³Jul 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar90Unhealthy
Apr81Unhealthy
May26Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Chauk?

Chauk sits at 20.9°N, 94.8°E, 59 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Kyaukpadaung, 33 km away.

Topography around Chauk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chauk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,433 m.

The land around Chauk is covered by grassland (31%), trees (25%) and water (21%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%), grassland (34%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
109 m
16 km
297 m
80 km
1,433 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Kyaukpadaung 33 km · Bagan 35 km · Yenangyaung 49 km · Pakokku 56 km · Minbu 80 km · Magway 84 km · Myingyan 86 km · Yesagyo 93 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 Chauk (20.8992°, 94.8178°, elevation 59 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).