Hinthada weather in December

In December, Hinthada sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of December to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Hinthada's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hinthada's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
20°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
10 h 54 min
6:36 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover
28%
4th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Hinthada is city located on the Irrawaddy River in Ayeyarwady Region, Burma (Myanmar).

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical December day in Hinthada reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13122
23121
33121
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How December really feels in Hinthada

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 16 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
16
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Hinthada weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 18°60.711.15.7
Feb34° / 19°20.211.43.8
Mar37° / 22°6111.91.7
Apr39° / 25°213.112.40.7
May36° / 26°18919.412.81.6
Jun31° / 26°38229.1132.2
Jul31° / 25°38430.2132.3
Aug31° / 25°35730.612.62.3
Sep32° / 25°26327.912.12.3
Oct32° / 25°14620.611.62.9
Nov32° / 23°364.911.24.7
Dec31° / 20°40.9116.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27624
37624
47624
57723
67822
77822
87921
98020
108020
118119
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318416

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Hinthada gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.9 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
16
26
36
46
55
65
75
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 55% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1001346356
2001446346
3001646335
4001846324
5002045314
6002245303
7002444292
8002643282
9012842262
10013142251
11013341241
12023540221
13023739211
14033938191
15034137180
16044336160
17054535140
18064635130
19164834110
20174933100
2118503380
2219503370
23110513260
24111513250
25112523140
26112533040
27113533030
28114532930
29114542830
30115542730
31116532730

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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188calm
198calm
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218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of December to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:275:28
211.06:285:29
311.06:295:29
411.06:295:29
511.06:305:29
611.06:305:30
711.06:315:30
811.06:315:30
911.06:325:30
1011.06:335:31
1111.06:335:31
1211.06:345:31
1311.06:345:32
1411.06:355:32
1511.06:355:32
1610.96:365:33
1710.96:365:33
1810.96:375:34
1910.96:375:34
2010.96:385:35
2110.96:385:35
2210.96:395:35
2310.96:395:36
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2510.96:405:37
2610.96:415:37
2710.96:415:38
2810.96:415:38
2911.06:425:39
3011.06:425:39
3111.06:435:40

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in April across the year — December's 4.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.8Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Hinthada

In seasonPeak

In December, Hinthada sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Hinthada's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is December a good time to visit Hinthada?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Hinthada for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Hinthada in December

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

In December, Hinthada sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Hinthada in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hinthada peaks around August 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 11UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Hinthada in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Hinthada is worst in March — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.5× the cleanest month (July, 17 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateMar 1459 µg/m³Jul 1517 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar61Unhealthy
Apr37Poor
May24Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Hinthada?

Hinthada sits at 17.6°N, 95.5°E, 15 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Zalun, 22 km away.

Topography around Hinthada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hinthada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,196 m.

The land around Hinthada is covered by trees (40%) and cropland (40%) within 3 km, cropland (71%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
28 m
80 km
1,196 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Zalun 22 km · Ingabu 27 km · Letpandan 35 km · Tharyarwady 35 km · Kyonpyaw 47 km · Taikkyi 65 km · Nyaungdon 70 km · Myanaung 72 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 Hinthada (17.6494°, 95.457°, elevation 15 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).