Mandalay weather in September

In September, Mandalay sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 185 mm of rain across 21.3 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in September, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of September to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Mandalay's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mandalay's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 185 mm; 21.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:56 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 9th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.5; out of 10

Mandalay is cultural city in Mandalay Region, Myanmar.

Density: 7,374/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1857

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical September day in Mandalay reaches about 33°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 35°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and about 1°C warmer than October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26

How September really feels in Mandalay

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 30 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

30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Mandalay weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September 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	29° / 15°	8	0.9	10.8	7.7
Feb	32° / 17°	4	0.7	11.2	5.2
Mar	36° / 22°	12	1.3	11.8	2.4
Apr	38° / 26°	25	4.6	12.5	0.9
May	36° / 27°	154	15.7	13	1.6
Jun	34° / 27°	120	18.1	13.3	2.2
Jul	34° / 27°	117	18.9	13.2	2.3
Aug	33° / 26°	165	21.2	12.8	2.4
Sep	33° / 26°	185	21.3	12.1	2.5
Oct	32° / 25°	164	19	11.5	3.3
Nov	30° / 21°	47	5.1	10.9	5.8
Dec	28° / 17°	10	1.2	10.7	7.9

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	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
Clearer (%)	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	26	26
Cloudier (%)	90	90	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	84	83	82	82	81	80	79	78	77	74	74

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	23	77
29	26	74
30	26	74

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Mandalay gets around 185 mm of rain over 21.3 wet days in September, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 72% and peaks near 75% 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
Rain chance (%)	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	71	71	72	73	74	74	75	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	72
24	72
25	71
26	71
27	71
28	71
29	71
30	71

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the miserable 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
Oppressive (%)	31	30	30	30	29	28	27	26	25	23	22	21	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Miserable (%)	69	70	70	70	71	72	73	74	75	77	78	79	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	28	72
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	25	75
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	13	87

Wind in September

Winds average 8 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
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16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of September to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 5:50 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
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:52	6:19
2	12.4	5:52	6:18
3	12.4	5:53	6:17
4	12.4	5:53	6:16
5	12.4	5:53	6:15
6	12.3	5:53	6:14
7	12.3	5:54	6:13
8	12.3	5:54	6:12
9	12.3	5:54	6:11
10	12.3	5:55	6:10
11	12.2	5:55	6:09
12	12.2	5:55	6:08
13	12.2	5:55	6:07
14	12.2	5:56	6:06
15	12.1	5:56	6:05
16	12.1	5:56	6:04
17	12.1	5:57	6:03
18	12.1	5:57	6:02
19	12.1	5:57	6:01
20	12.0	5:57	6:00
21	12.0	5:58	5:59
22	12.0	5:58	5:58
23	12.0	5:58	5:57
24	12.0	5:59	5:56
25	11.9	5:59	5:55
26	11.9	5:59	5:54
27	11.9	5:59	5:53
28	11.9	6:00	5:52
29	11.8	6:00	5:51
30	11.8	6:00	5:50

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in April across the year — September's 4.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Mandalay

In seasonPeak

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

Mandalay's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Mandalay?

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

2.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mandalay.

What to pack for Mandalay in September

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

In September, Mandalay sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Mandalay in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mandalay peaks around July 20 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	6	7	9	8	11	9	13	12	11	9	7	6
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Mandalay in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Mandalay 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	40	51	71	48	29	15	13	15	17	21	27	34
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	51	Poor
Mar	71	Unhealthy
Apr	48	Poor
May	29	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	27	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mandalay?

Mandalay sits at 22.0°N, 96.1°E, 83 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Amarapura, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Mandalay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mandalay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 76 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 817 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,480 m.

The land around Mandalay is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

29 m

artificial surfaces 67%

16 km

817 m

cropland 43%

80 km

1,480 m

cropland 49%

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← August Mandalay year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Amarapura 8.0 km · Sagaing 15 km · Madaya 26 km · Pyin Oo Lwin 39 km · Kyaukse 41 km · Shwebo 77 km · Myingyan 92 km · Yesagyo 94 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 Mandalay (21.9747°, 96.0836°, elevation 83 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	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	23	77
29	26	74
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	72
24	72
25	71
26	71
27	71
28	71
29	71
30	71

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	28	72
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	25	75
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	13	87

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	23	77
29	26	74
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	72
24	72
25	71
26	71
27	71
28	71
29	71
30	71

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	28	72
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	25	75
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	13	87

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	32	26
29	32	26
30	32	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	21	79
27	22	78
28	23	77
29	26	74
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	74
19	74
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	72
24	72
25	71
26	71
27	71
28	71
29	71
30	71

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	28	72
7	27	73
8	26	74
9	25	75
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	18	82
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	13	87