Minbu weather in August

In August, Minbu sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 204 mm of rain across 27.7 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-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 miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Minbu's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Minbu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 204 mm; 27.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:54 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 91%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.3; out of 10

Minbu 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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Minbu reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°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 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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	25
2	32	25
3	32	25
4	32	25
5	32	25
6	32	25
7	32	25
8	32	25
9	32	25
10	32	25
11	32	25
12	32	25
13	32	25
14	32	25
15	32	25
16	32	25
17	32	25
18	32	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	25
25	32	25
26	32	25
27	32	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25
31	32	25

How August really feels in Minbu

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 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Minbu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 15°	6	0.6	10.9	7.1
Feb	33° / 17°	1	0.2	11.3	4.7
Mar	37° / 21°	2	0.7	11.9	2.1
Apr	39° / 25°	15	2.2	12.4	0.8
May	37° / 26°	115	13.9	12.9	1.5
Jun	33° / 26°	200	24.8	13.2	2.2
Jul	32° / 25°	200	26.3	13.1	2.4
Aug	32° / 25°	204	27.7	12.7	2.3
Sep	32° / 25°	214	24.5	12.1	2.5
Oct	32° / 24°	142	18.4	11.5	3.3
Nov	31° / 21°	29	4.5	11	5.5
Dec	29° / 17°	8	1	10.8	7.2

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%.

	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 (%)	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7
Cloudier (%)	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	93	93

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Minbu gets around 204 mm of rain over 27.7 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 89% and peaks near 92% 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 (%)	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	89
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	91
15	91
16	90
17	90
18	89
19	89
20	88
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	86

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 93% 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
Oppressive (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Miserable (%)	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min 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 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:23 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)	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	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58
Sunset (PM)	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:49	6:44
2	12.9	5:49	6:44
3	12.9	5:49	6:43
4	12.9	5:50	6:43
5	12.9	5:50	6:42
6	12.9	5:51	6:42
7	12.8	5:51	6:41
8	12.8	5:51	6:41
9	12.8	5:52	6:40
10	12.8	5:52	6:39
11	12.8	5:52	6:39
12	12.8	5:53	6:38
13	12.7	5:53	6:37
14	12.7	5:53	6:37
15	12.7	5:53	6:36
16	12.7	5:54	6:35
17	12.7	5:54	6:35
18	12.7	5:54	6:34
19	12.6	5:55	6:33
20	12.6	5:55	6:32
21	12.6	5:55	6:32
22	12.6	5:56	6:31
23	12.6	5:56	6:30
24	12.6	5:56	6:29
25	12.5	5:56	6:28
26	12.5	5:57	6:28
27	12.5	5:57	6:27
28	12.5	5:57	6:26
29	12.5	5:57	6:25
30	12.4	5:58	6:24
31	12.4	5:58	6:23

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.22 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.22 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)	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5
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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Minbu

In seasonPeak

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

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

Minbu's monsoon runs May–October, 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 Minbu?

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

2.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Minbu.

What to pack for Minbu in August

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

In August, Minbu sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Minbu 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 Minbu peaks around August 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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)	7	9	10	9	13	10	13	13	11	10	8	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	7	High
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	13	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Minbu 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 Minbu is worst in March — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (July, 14 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)	35	52	63	47	25	15	14	15	15	17	22	29
Level	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	35	Moderate
Feb	52	Poor
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	47	Poor
May	25	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Minbu?

Minbu sits at 20.2°N, 94.9°E, 49 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Magway, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Minbu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Minbu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,875 m.

The land around Minbu is covered by water (31%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (60%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%), grassland (29%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

68 m

water 31%

16 km

164 m

cropland 60%

80 km

1,875 m

cropland 40%

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

August weather nearby: Magway 7.0 km · Yenangyaung 32 km · Taungdwingyi 73 km · Kyaukpadaung 78 km · Chauk 80 km · Ann 97 km · Myaydo 97 km · Thayetmyo 101 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 Minbu (20.1806°, 94.876°, elevation 49 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). 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	32	25
2	32	25
3	32	25
4	32	25
5	32	25
6	32	25
7	32	25
8	32	25
9	32	25
10	32	25
11	32	25
12	32	25
13	32	25
14	32	25
15	32	25
16	32	25
17	32	25
18	32	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	25
25	32	25
26	32	25
27	32	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25
31	32	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	89
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	91
15	91
16	90
17	90
18	89
19	89
20	88
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	86

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	25
2	32	25
3	32	25
4	32	25
5	32	25
6	32	25
7	32	25
8	32	25
9	32	25
10	32	25
11	32	25
12	32	25
13	32	25
14	32	25
15	32	25
16	32	25
17	32	25
18	32	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	25
25	32	25
26	32	25
27	32	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25
31	32	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	89
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	91
15	91
16	90
17	90
18	89
19	89
20	88
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	86

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	25
2	32	25
3	32	25
4	32	25
5	32	25
6	32	25
7	32	25
8	32	25
9	32	25
10	32	25
11	32	25
12	32	25
13	32	25
14	32	25
15	32	25
16	32	25
17	32	25
18	32	25
19	32	25
20	32	25
21	32	25
22	32	25
23	32	25
24	32	25
25	32	25
26	32	25
27	32	25
28	32	25
29	32	25
30	32	25
31	32	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	89
3	90
4	90
5	91
6	91
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	91
15	91
16	90
17	90
18	89
19	89
20	88
21	88
22	87
23	87
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	86

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	7	93
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	8	92