Kawthaung weather in July

In July, Kawthaung sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 363 mm of rain across 27.9 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-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 3% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kawthaung's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kawthaung's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
9th warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
363 mm
27.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:45 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
89%
11th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Kawthaung is human settlement.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical July day in Kawthaung reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Kawthaung

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 9 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
9
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Kawthaung weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°34511.56.5
Feb29° / 25°163.411.76.4
Mar30° / 26°679.211.95.5
Apr30° / 27°11516.812.24.3
May29° / 26°30527.312.53.3
Jun28° / 26°33526.312.63.5
Jul28° / 26°36327.912.53.6
Aug27° / 26°3892812.33.6
Sep27° / 25°41927.912.13.5
Oct28° / 25°32726.711.83.8
Nov28° / 25°12616.111.54.9
Dec28° / 25°487.711.46.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
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5991
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kawthaung gets around 363 mm of rain over 27.9 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 90% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12773
22872
32971
43070
53169
63169
73268
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113268
123268
133169
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Wind in July

Winds average 20 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:426:16
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 4.59 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Kawthaung

In seasonPeak

In July, Kawthaung sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Kawthaung's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is July a good time to visit Kawthaung?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kawthaung.

What to pack for Kawthaung in July

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

In July, Kawthaung sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kawthaung in July

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 km away) is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in January near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Kawthaung in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Kawthaung peaks around August 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 20UV 13Jan 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Kawthaung in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kawthaung is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (October, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1416 µg/m³Oct 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May12Good
Jun12Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct9Good
Nov10Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kawthaung?

Kawthaung sits at 10.0°N, 98.6°E, 110 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Ranong, 9.0 km away.

Tha KhamSurat ThaniKo Tao

Topography around Kawthaung

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kawthaung has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 665 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,368 m.

The land around Kawthaung is covered by water (73%) within 3 km, water (53%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and water (48%) within 80 km.

3 km
341 m
16 km
665 m
80 km
1,368 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
July weather nearby: Ranong 9.0 km · Lang Suan 58 km · Chumphon 89 km · Tha Kham 122 km · Surat Thani 127 km · Ko Tao 141 km · Khao Lak 156 km · Ban Na San 159 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 Kawthaung (9.9824°, 98.5503°, elevation 110 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).