Möng Yawng weather in May

In May, Möng Yawng sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 258 mm of rain across 22.7 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-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 19% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of May to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Möng Yawng's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Möng Yawng's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
258 mm
22.7 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:15 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
69%
8th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Möng Yawng is human settlement in Myanmar.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Möng Yawng reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Möng Yawng weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 11°314.610.98.3
Feb27° / 11°203.511.37.9
Mar30° / 14°566.911.95.9
Apr31° / 18°11813.112.54.5
May30° / 20°25822.7133.6
Jun29° / 22°30027.513.33.0
Jul28° / 22°38729.513.23.2
Aug28° / 21°36028.912.73.3
Sep28° / 21°23724.412.13.8
Oct27° / 19°13519.111.55.2
Nov25° / 15°628.2117.3
Dec23° / 12°334.910.78.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26040
35941
45743
55644
65545
75347
85149
95050
104852
114555
124456
134357
143961
153961
163763
173565
183367
193169
203070
212872
222773
232575
242377
252278
262080
271882
281882
291684
301585
311387

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Möng Yawng gets around 258 mm of rain over 22.7 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 73% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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1976
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2178
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3189

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1526663
2524674
3522685
4521695
5519706
6418708
7417709
84157110
94147012
103147013
113137014
123126916
133116917
142116819
152106721
16296623
17286525
18286228
19176230
20166033
21155935
22155638
23145441
24145144
25134947
26134750
27034453
28024256
29024058
30013762
31013564

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, 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.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of May to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 5:10 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:236:09
212.85:226:09
312.85:216:10
412.85:216:10
512.85:206:10
612.95:206:11
712.95:196:11
812.95:196:12
912.95:186:12
1012.95:176:12
1112.95:176:13
1212.95:166:13
1313.05:166:14
1413.05:156:14
1513.05:156:15
1613.05:156:15
1713.05:146:15
1813.05:146:16
1913.05:136:16
2013.15:136:17
2113.15:136:17
2213.15:126:18
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2613.15:116:19
2713.15:116:20
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 5.3 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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274.9Bright
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314.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Möng Yawng

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Möng Yawng?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Möng Yawng.

What to pack for Möng Yawng in May

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

In May, Möng Yawng sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Möng Yawng in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 Möng Yawng 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighAug 10UV 13Dec 20UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Möng Yawng in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Möng Yawng is worst in April — around 254 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 27.6× the cleanest month (October, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240270JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateGoodApr 13241 µg/m³Oct 149 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar177Very unhealthy
Apr254Very unhealthy
May49Poor
Jun13Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Möng Yawng?

Möng Yawng sits at 21.2°N, 100.4°E, 569 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Möng La, 65 km away.

Topography around Möng Yawng

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Möng Yawng has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 409 m around an average of 617 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,023 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,164 m.

The land around Möng Yawng is covered by trees (57%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (91%) within 80 km.

3 km
409 m
16 km
2,023 m
80 km
2,164 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Möng La 65 km · Kengtung 67 km · Muang Sing 82 km · Tachilek 95 km · Ban Khoan 96 km · Mae Sai 97 km · Möng Yang 102 km · Ban Houakhoua 104 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 Möng Yawng (21.1792°, 100.3576°, elevation 569 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).