Lawksawk weather in August

In August, Lawksawk sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 297 mm of rain across 30.1 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Lawksawk's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lawksawk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 297 mm; 30.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:45 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover: 93%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Lawksawk 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Lawksawk reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with 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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
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10	27	21
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25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	21
31	27	21

Lawksawk weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-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	24° / 10°	15	1.6	10.9	9.2
Feb	27° / 12°	10	1.5	11.3	8.6
Mar	30° / 15°	20	3	11.8	6.5
Apr	31° / 18°	93	10.8	12.5	4.7
May	29° / 20°	259	23.8	13	3.8
Jun	28° / 21°	246	28	13.3	3.4
Jul	28° / 21°	257	29.5	13.2	3.3
Aug	27° / 21°	297	30.1	12.7	3.3
Sep	27° / 20°	277	28.6	12.1	3.4
Oct	27° / 19°	241	25.6	11.5	4.2
Nov	26° / 15°	85	11.1	11	6.8
Dec	24° / 12°	23	3.7	10.7	8.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 98%.

	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 (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Cloudier (%)	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lawksawk gets around 297 mm of rain over 30.1 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 97% and peaks near 98% 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 (%)	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 81% 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
Muggy (%)	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82
Oppressive (%)	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	82	18

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
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22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:16 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)	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	5:39	6:38
2	13.0	5:40	6:38
3	13.0	5:40	6:37
4	12.9	5:40	6:36
5	12.9	5:41	6:36
6	12.9	5:41	6:35
7	12.9	5:41	6:35
8	12.9	5:42	6:34
9	12.9	5:42	6:33
10	12.8	5:43	6:33
11	12.8	5:43	6:32
12	12.8	5:43	6:32
13	12.8	5:44	6:31
14	12.8	5:44	6:30
15	12.8	5:44	6:29
16	12.7	5:45	6:29
17	12.7	5:45	6:28
18	12.7	5:45	6:27
19	12.7	5:46	6:26
20	12.7	5:46	6:26
21	12.6	5:46	6:25
22	12.6	5:47	6:24
23	12.6	5:47	6:23
24	12.6	5:47	6:22
25	12.6	5:47	6:21
26	12.5	5:48	6:21
27	12.5	5:48	6:20
28	12.5	5:48	6:19
29	12.5	5:49	6:18
30	12.5	5:49	6:17
31	12.4	5:49	6:16

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.87 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.87 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)	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	4.0	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Lawksawk

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Lawksawk?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lawksawk.

What to pack for Lawksawk in August

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

In August, Lawksawk sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Lawksawk 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 Lawksawk peaks around August 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 7 (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)	7	9	10	9	13	10	13	14	12	10	8	7
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	High
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	13	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Lawksawk 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 Lawksawk is worst in March — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.7× the cleanest month (July, 10 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	46	76	47	23	12	10	11	12	14	17	22
Level	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	76	Unhealthy
Apr	47	Poor
May	23	Moderate
Jun	12	Moderate
Jul	10	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	12	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lawksawk?

Lawksawk sits at 21.2°N, 96.9°E, 940 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Taunggyi, 54 km away.

Topography around Lawksawk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lawksawk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 942 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 635 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,405 m.

The land around Lawksawk is covered by grassland (40%) and cropland (40%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (54%), cropland (25%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

117 m

grassland 40%

16 km

635 m

cropland 54%

80 km

2,405 m

trees 54%

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

August weather nearby: Taunggyi 54 km · Heho 59 km · Nyaung Shwe 66 km · Aungban 70 km · Kalaw 75 km · Kyaukse 86 km · Wundwin 89 km · Nansang 97 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 Lawksawk (21.2481°, 96.8673°, elevation 940 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	27	21
2	27	21
3	27	21
4	27	21
5	27	21
6	27	21
7	27	21
8	27	21
9	27	21
10	27	21
11	27	21
12	27	21
13	27	21
14	27	21
15	27	21
16	27	21
17	27	21
18	27	21
19	27	21
20	27	21
21	27	21
22	27	21
23	27	21
24	27	21
25	27	21
26	27	21
27	27	21
28	27	21
29	27	21
30	27	21
31	27	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	82	18

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	96
2	96
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	97
11	98
12	98
13	98
14	98
15	98
16	98
17	97
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	96

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	82	18