Danai weather in August

In August, Danai sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 637 mm of rain across 29.1 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Danai's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Danai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
637 mm
29.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:39 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
89%
11th clearest
Wind
2 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
3.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Danai reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Danai

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Danai weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 12°325.510.58.2
Feb25° / 14°416.911.17.7
Mar29° / 17°528.611.86.2
Apr31° / 20°881112.64.6
May31° / 23°32719.713.33.5
Jun30° / 25°71528.313.62.7
Jul29° / 25°91330.513.52.6
Aug30° / 25°63729.112.92.6
Sep30° / 24°42525.412.23.1
Oct29° / 22°24216.111.45.1
Nov26° / 17°354.910.77.9
Dec24° / 13°152.810.48.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3595
4595
5595
6595
7595
8694
9694
10694
11595
12595
13595
14595
15694
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Danai gets around 637 mm of rain over 29.1 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 94% and peaks near 96% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
196
296
396
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596
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996
1096
1196
1295
1395
1495
1594
1694
1794
1893
1993
2093
2192
2292
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2492
2591
2691
2791
2891
2991
3091
3191

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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1199
2199
3199
4199
5199
6199
70100
80100
90100
100100
110100
12199
13199
14199
15199
16199
17199
18298
19298
20298
21397
22397
23397
24496
25496
26496
27595
28595
29694
30694
31793

Wind in August

Winds average 2 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 2 km/h on the calmest days to 2 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
12calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:326:47
213.25:326:46
313.25:336:45
413.25:336:45
513.25:346:44
613.25:346:43
713.15:356:43
813.15:356:42
913.15:366:41
1013.15:366:40
1113.05:376:40
1213.05:376:39
1313.05:386:38
1413.05:386:37
1513.05:396:36
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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 3.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.04 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.5Moderate
23.5Moderate
33.5Moderate
43.5Moderate
53.5Moderate
63.5Moderate
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93.5Moderate
103.5Moderate
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Danai

In seasonPeak

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

Danai's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Danai?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Danai.

What to pack for Danai in August

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

In August, Danai sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Danai in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Danai peaks around June 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 23UV 13Jan 10UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5High
Mar8Very high
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Danai 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 Danai is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 9.8× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodApr 1437 µg/m³Dec 104 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb16Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr39Poor
May21Moderate
Jun12Moderate
Jul8Good
Aug8Good
Sep5Good
Oct4Good
Nov4Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Danai?

Danai sits at 26.4°N, 96.7°E, 211 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Hpākān, 92 km away.

MogaungMyitkyinaHopinMohnyinLakangShweguBhamo

Topography around Danai

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Danai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 207 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,200 m.

The land around Danai is covered by trees (58%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
91 m
80 km
3,200 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Hpākān 92 km · Mogaung 119 km · Myitkyina 128 km · Hopin 153 km · Mohnyin 179 km · Lakang 195 km · Shwegu 237 km · Bhamo 240 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 Danai (26.3593°, 96.72°, elevation 211 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. 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).