Kyaukse weather in August

In August, Kyaukse sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 173 mm of rain across 18.4 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 oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kyaukse's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kyaukse's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
173 mm
18.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:47 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
91%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Kyaukse is town 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 Kyaukse reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°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 about 1°C cooler 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 Kyaukse

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.

Kyaukse 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° / 13°70.810.87.9
Feb32° / 15°20.411.35.7
Mar35° / 19°60.911.83.3
Apr37° / 24°132.712.51.9
May36° / 26°8310.4132.2
Jun34° / 26°891213.32.7
Jul33° / 26°9012.913.22.9
Aug32° / 26°17318.412.73.0
Sep32° / 25°24618.412.13.1
Oct31° / 23°16117.711.53.7
Nov30° / 19°384.4116.0
Dec28° / 15°121.210.77.9

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 (%)
1496
2496
3496
4496
5397
6397
7397
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10397
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12397
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14397
15298
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kyaukse gets around 173 mm of rain over 18.4 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 58% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
158
258
358
458
558
658
758
858
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1058
1157
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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 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
18416
28416
38317
48218
58119
68119
78020
88020
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117921
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:426:41
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413.05:436:40
512.95:436:39
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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 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.74 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
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44.0Moderate
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204.0Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kyaukse

In seasonPeak

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

Kyaukse's monsoon runs August–October, 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 Kyaukse?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kyaukse.

What to pack for Kyaukse in August

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

In August, Kyaukse sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Kyaukse 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 Kyaukse peaks around July 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighJul 21UV 12Dec 21UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May12Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Kyaukse 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 Kyaukse is worst in March — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateMar 1668 µg/m³Jul 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb51Poor
Mar71Unhealthy
Apr48Poor
May29Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kyaukse?

Kyaukse sits at 21.6°N, 96.1°E, 86 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Sagaing, 34 km away.

Topography around Kyaukse

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kyaukse has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m around an average of 92 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 552 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,292 m.

The land around Kyaukse is covered by cropland (45%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
186 m
16 km
552 m
80 km
2,292 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Sagaing 34 km · Amarapura 35 km · Mandalay 41 km · Wundwin 58 km · Pyin Oo Lwin 58 km · Madaya 67 km · Myingyan 79 km · Lawksawk 86 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 Kyaukse (21.6056°, 96.1351°, elevation 86 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).