Kawkareik weather in August

In August, Kawkareik sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 794 mm of rain across 30.9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kawkareik's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kawkareik's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 794 mm; 30.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:44 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 97%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.66 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

Kawkareik is human settlement in Myanmar.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kawkareik reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	23
2	28	23
3	28	23
4	28	23
5	28	23
6	28	23
7	28	23
8	28	23
9	28	23
10	28	23
11	28	23
12	28	23
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15	28	23
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17	28	23
18	28	23
19	28	23
20	29	23
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24	29	23
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26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

How August really feels in Kawkareik

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 15 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Kawkareik weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-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	31° / 17°	13	2	11.1	5.6
Feb	33° / 18°	12	1.4	11.4	4.4
Mar	35° / 21°	37	5.3	11.9	3.2
Apr	35° / 23°	92	13.2	12.4	2.5
May	32° / 24°	359	27.4	12.8	2.4
Jun	29° / 24°	650	29.8	13	2.7
Jul	28° / 23°	773	30.8	12.9	2.9
Aug	28° / 23°	794	30.9	12.6	2.9
Sep	30° / 23°	511	29.1	12.1	2.7
Oct	31° / 23°	221	21	11.6	3.3
Nov	31° / 21°	36	5.6	11.2	4.9
Dec	31° / 18°	13	2.1	11	5.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 100%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Cloudier (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kawkareik gets around 794 mm of rain over 30.9 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 100% and peaks near 100% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	99
12	99
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26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	99

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 74% 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	31
Oppressive (%)	78	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71
Miserable (%)	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29

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

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
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15	7	calm
16	6	calm
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29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:07 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	31
Daylight (h)	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47
Sunset (PM)	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:41	6:26
2	12.7	5:41	6:25
3	12.7	5:41	6:25
4	12.7	5:41	6:24
5	12.7	5:42	6:24
6	12.7	5:42	6:23
7	12.7	5:42	6:23
8	12.7	5:43	6:22
9	12.7	5:43	6:22
10	12.6	5:43	6:21
11	12.6	5:43	6:21
12	12.6	5:43	6:20
13	12.6	5:44	6:20
14	12.6	5:44	6:19
15	12.6	5:44	6:19
16	12.6	5:44	6:18
17	12.5	5:45	6:17
18	12.5	5:45	6:17
19	12.5	5:45	6:16
20	12.5	5:45	6:15
21	12.5	5:45	6:15
22	12.5	5:45	6:14
23	12.5	5:46	6:13
24	12.4	5:46	6:13
25	12.4	5:46	6:12
26	12.4	5:46	6:11
27	12.4	5:46	6:10
28	12.4	5:46	6:10
29	12.4	5:47	6:09
30	12.4	5:47	6:08
31	12.3	5:47	6:07

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 2.66 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.66 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 2.66 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kawkareik

In seasonPeak

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

Kawkareik's monsoon runs May–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 Kawkareik?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kawkareik.

What to pack for Kawkareik in August

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

In August, Kawkareik sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 31 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Kawkareik in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kawkareik peaks around August 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (very 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)	8	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Kawkareik 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 Kawkareik is worst in March — around 112 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.0× the cleanest month (June, 11 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)	28	43	112	47	18	11	12	12	12	14	17	22
Level	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	112	Unhealthy
Apr	47	Poor
May	18	Moderate
Jun	11	Good
Jul	12	Good
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kawkareik?

Kawkareik sits at 16.6°N, 98.2°E, 22 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Myawaddy, 33 km away.

Topography around Kawkareik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kawkareik has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,129 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,039 m.

The land around Kawkareik is covered by cropland (45%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, trees (75%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

68 m

cropland 45%

16 km

1,129 m

trees 75%

80 km

2,039 m

trees 67%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← July Kawkareik year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Myawaddy 33 km · Mae Sot 39 km · Mae Ramat 56 km · Mudon 64 km · Mawlamyine 65 km · Martaban 66 km · Hmaw Bi 67 km · Hpa-An 74 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 Kawkareik (16.5554°, 98.2371°, elevation 22 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	23
2	28	23
3	28	23
4	28	23
5	28	23
6	28	23
7	28	23
8	28	23
9	28	23
10	28	23
11	28	23
12	28	23
13	28	23
14	28	23
15	28	23
16	28	23
17	28	23
18	28	23
19	28	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	99

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	23
2	28	23
3	28	23
4	28	23
5	28	23
6	28	23
7	28	23
8	28	23
9	28	23
10	28	23
11	28	23
12	28	23
13	28	23
14	28	23
15	28	23
16	28	23
17	28	23
18	28	23
19	28	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	99

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	23
2	28	23
3	28	23
4	28	23
5	28	23
6	28	23
7	28	23
8	28	23
9	28	23
10	28	23
11	28	23
12	28	23
13	28	23
14	28	23
15	28	23
16	28	23
17	28	23
18	28	23
19	28	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	0	100
2	0	100
3	0	100
4	0	100
5	0	100
6	0	100
7	0	100
8	0	100
9	0	100
10	0	100
11	0	100
12	0	100
13	0	100
14	0	100
15	0	100
16	0	100
17	0	100
18	0	100
19	0	100
20	0	100
21	0	100
22	0	100
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Rain chance (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	99
12	99
13	99
14	99
15	99
16	99
17	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	99
22	99
23	99
24	99
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	99

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