Mawlamyine weather in August

In August, Mawlamyine sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 713 mm of rain across 30.7 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Mawlamyine's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mawlamyine's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
25°
7th coldest
Rainfall
713 mm
30.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:47 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
96%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
2.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Mawlamyine is city 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mawlamyine reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Mawlamyine

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.

Mawlamyine weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°91.111.14.4
Feb35° / 21°60.711.43.2
Mar36° / 24°233.911.92.4
Apr36° / 26°6510.412.41.9
May33° / 26°3742712.82.0
Jun31° / 26°64229.8132.3
Jul30° / 25°73330.912.92.4
Aug30° / 25°71330.712.62.4
Sep31° / 25°46928.912.12.3
Oct33° / 25°16319.411.62.8
Nov34° / 24°274.311.23.9
Dec33° / 21°90.9114.6

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 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 99%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
10100
20100
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50100
6199
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mawlamyine gets around 713 mm of rain over 30.7 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 99% and peaks near 100% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
199
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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128calm
137calm
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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 5:43 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:436:28
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312.75:446:27
412.75:446:27
512.75:446:26
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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 2.72 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.72 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 2.72 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.5Moderate
22.5Moderate
32.5Moderate
42.5Moderate
52.5Moderate
62.5Moderate
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293.1Moderate
303.1Moderate
313.1Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mawlamyine

In seasonPeak

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

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

Mawlamyine's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Mawlamyine?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mawlamyine.

What to pack for Mawlamyine in August

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

In August, Mawlamyine sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 31 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

Sea temperature near Mawlamyine in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 30 km away) is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in January near 27°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
Jan27Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul28Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Mawlamyine in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mawlamyine peaks around August 12 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 12UV 13Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Mawlamyine 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 Mawlamyine is worst in February — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.5× the cleanest month (June, 15 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateFeb 1649 µg/m³Jun 2115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar42Poor
Apr28Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mawlamyine?

Mawlamyine sits at 16.5°N, 97.6°E, 52 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Martaban, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Mawlamyine

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mawlamyine has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,844 m.

The land around Mawlamyine is covered by water (42%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (42%), water (29%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
81 m
16 km
262 m
80 km
1,844 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Martaban 4.0 km · Hmaw Bi 16 km · Paung 23 km · Mudon 28 km · Hpa-An 44 km · Kyaikkami 46 km · Thaton 55 km · Thanbyuzayat 59 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 Mawlamyine (16.4905°, 97.6282°, elevation 52 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).