Monywa weather in August

In August, Monywa sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 169 mm of rain across 22.8 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°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 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Monywa's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monywa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
6th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
169 mm
22.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:51 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
91%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Monywa is city of Myanmar (former Burma).

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 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Monywa reaches about 34°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 31°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Monywa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°50.610.87.7
Feb32° / 18°20.611.25.1
Mar36° / 22°71.111.82.4
Apr39° / 26°184.112.50.8
May37° / 27°12114.7131.3
Jun35° / 27°11117.713.31.9
Jul35° / 27°11919.513.21.9
Aug34° / 26°16922.812.82.1
Sep33° / 26°21422.412.12.3
Oct32° / 25°16418.811.53.3
Nov30° / 21°354.710.95.9
Dec28° / 17°70.710.77.9

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 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1496
2496
3496
4496
5496
6397
7397
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Monywa gets around 169 mm of rain over 22.8 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 72% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
174
273
373
473
573
673
772
872
972
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1171
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1470
1570
1670
1771
1871
1971
2072
2172
2273
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3073
3173

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 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13664
23664
33565
43466
53466
63466
73367
83367
93367
103268
113268
123268
133169
143070
153070
162971
172872
182773
192674
202575
212476
222377
232278
242278
252179
262080
272080
282080
291981
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311981

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 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 5:45 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:456:46
213.05:456:46
313.05:466:45
413.05:466:45
513.05:466:44
612.95:476:43
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812.95:486:42
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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 4.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.17 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Monywa

In seasonPeak

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

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

Monywa'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 Monywa?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Monywa.

What to pack for Monywa in August

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

In August, Monywa sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Monywa in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Monywa peaks around July 21 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighJul 21UV 12Dec 21UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Monywa 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 Monywa is worst in March — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (July, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateMar 1764 µg/m³Jul 1614 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb52Poor
Mar65Unhealthy
Apr53Poor
May30Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Monywa?

Monywa sits at 22.1°N, 95.1°E, 81 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Yesagyo, 54 km away.

Topography around Monywa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monywa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 76 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 450 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,380 m.

The land around Monywa is covered by artificial surfaces (37%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
450 m
80 km
1,380 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Yesagyo 54 km · Myingyan 77 km · Shwebo 77 km · Ye-u 79 km · Pakokku 86 km · Sagaing 91 km · Amarapura 97 km · Mandalay 99 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 Monywa (22.1086°, 95.1358°, elevation 81 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).