Myitkyina weather in February

In February, Myitkyina sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 22 mm of rain across 4 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of February to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Myitkyina's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Myitkyina's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 22 mm; 4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:42 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 4th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Myitkyina is capital city of Kachin State, Myanmar.

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical February day in Myitkyina reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°C warmer than January and about 3°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16

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

How February really feels in Myitkyina

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Myitkyina weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 11°	20	3.4	10.6	8.6
Feb	28° / 14°	22	4	11.1	7.5
Mar	31° / 18°	30	5.3	11.8	5.2
Apr	33° / 21°	66	8	12.6	3.7
May	32° / 24°	216	18.7	13.2	3.0
Jun	30° / 25°	486	28.1	13.6	2.7
Jul	29° / 25°	575	29.2	13.4	2.8
Aug	30° / 25°	433	27.4	12.9	2.8
Sep	30° / 25°	253	23.9	12.2	3.2
Oct	30° / 22°	130	13.3	11.4	5.0
Nov	28° / 17°	23	3	10.8	7.8
Dec	26° / 13°	9	1.5	10.4	8.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%.

	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
Clearer (%)	89	89	89	89	87	87	87	87	87	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	89
Cloudier (%)	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	86	14
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	89	11

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Myitkyina gets around 22 mm of rain over 4 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 17% 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
Rain chance (%)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	12
11	12
12	13
13	14
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	16
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	16
26	16
27	15
28	15

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 47% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	67	66	64	63	61	60	58	56	54	54	52	50	48	47	45	44	43	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31
Comfortable (%)	31	32	34	35	36	37	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	51	51	52
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	31	2
2	66	32	2
3	64	34	2
4	63	35	2
5	61	36	3
6	60	37	3
7	58	39	3
8	56	40	4
9	54	41	5
10	54	41	5
11	52	42	6
12	50	43	7
13	48	43	8
14	47	44	9
15	45	45	10
16	44	45	10
17	43	46	11
18	41	46	12
19	40	47	13
20	39	47	13
21	38	47	14
22	37	48	15
23	36	48	15
24	35	48	16
25	34	49	16
26	33	51	16
27	32	51	17
28	31	52	17

Wind in February

Winds average 5 km/h in February.

Across February, 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.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of February to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:56 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
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	6:49	5:39
2	10.8	6:49	5:40
3	10.9	6:48	5:40
4	10.9	6:48	5:41
5	10.9	6:47	5:42
6	10.9	6:47	5:42
7	10.9	6:46	5:43
8	11.0	6:46	5:44
9	11.0	6:45	5:44
10	11.0	6:45	5:45
11	11.0	6:44	5:46
12	11.0	6:44	5:46
13	11.1	6:43	5:47
14	11.1	6:42	5:48
15	11.1	6:42	5:48
16	11.1	6:41	5:49
17	11.2	6:40	5:50
18	11.2	6:39	5:50
19	11.2	6:39	5:51
20	11.2	6:38	5:52
21	11.3	6:37	5:52
22	11.3	6:36	5:53
23	11.3	6:36	5:53
24	11.3	6:35	5:54
25	11.3	6:34	5:55
26	11.4	6:33	5:55
27	11.4	6:32	5:56
28	11.4	6:31	5:56

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 4.67 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Myitkyina

In seasonPeak

None of Myitkyina's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Myitkyina's monsoon runs June–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Myitkyina?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

8.2

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Myitkyina for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Myitkyina in February

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

In February, Myitkyina sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

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UV index in Myitkyina in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Myitkyina peaks around July 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 5 (moderate).

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)	5	6	7	7	10	12	13	11	10	7	7	5
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	7	High
May	10	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	7	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Myitkyina in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Myitkyina is worst in April — around 185 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 22.5× the cleanest month (October, 8 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)	14	24	44	185	49	14	9	9	8	8	8	10
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Very unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	24	Moderate
Mar	44	Poor
Apr	185	Very unhealthy
May	49	Poor
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	9	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	8	Good
Oct	8	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Myitkyina?

Myitkyina sits at 25.4°N, 97.4°E, 147 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Mogaung, 47 km away.

Topography around Myitkyina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Myitkyina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 142 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 426 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,223 m.

The land around Myitkyina is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km

22 m

artificial surfaces 44%

16 km

426 m

trees 55%

80 km

3,223 m

trees 90%

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← January Myitkyina year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Mogaung 47 km · Lakang 83 km · Hopin 98 km · Hpākān 112 km · Mohnyin 123 km · Bhamo 127 km · Danai 128 km · Shwegu 142 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 Myitkyina (25.3833°, 97.3964°, elevation 147 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	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	13
12	27	14
13	28	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	28	14
19	28	14
20	28	15
21	28	15
22	29	15
23	29	15
24	29	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	86	14
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	12
11	12
12	13
13	14
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	16
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	16
26	16
27	15
28	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	31	2
2	66	32	2
3	64	34	2
4	63	35	2
5	61	36	3
6	60	37	3
7	58	39	3
8	56	40	4
9	54	41	5
10	54	41	5
11	52	42	6
12	50	43	7
13	48	43	8
14	47	44	9
15	45	45	10
16	44	45	10
17	43	46	11
18	41	46	12
19	40	47	13
20	39	47	13
21	38	47	14
22	37	48	15
23	36	48	15
24	35	48	16
25	34	49	16
26	33	51	16
27	32	51	17
28	31	52	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	86	14
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	12
11	12
12	13
13	14
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	16
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	16
26	16
27	15
28	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	31	2
2	66	32	2
3	64	34	2
4	63	35	2
5	61	36	3
6	60	37	3
7	58	39	3
8	56	40	4
9	54	41	5
10	54	41	5
11	52	42	6
12	50	43	7
13	48	43	8
14	47	44	9
15	45	45	10
16	44	45	10
17	43	46	11
18	41	46	12
19	40	47	13
20	39	47	13
21	38	47	14
22	37	48	15
23	36	48	15
24	35	48	16
25	34	49	16
26	33	51	16
27	32	51	17
28	31	52	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	86	14
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	12
11	12
12	13
13	14
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	16
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	16
26	16
27	15
28	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	31	2
2	66	32	2
3	64	34	2
4	63	35	2
5	61	36	3
6	60	37	3
7	58	39	3
8	56	40	4
9	54	41	5
10	54	41	5
11	52	42	6
12	50	43	7
13	48	43	8
14	47	44	9
15	45	45	10
16	44	45	10
17	43	46	11
18	41	46	12
19	40	47	13
20	39	47	13
21	38	47	14
22	37	48	15
23	36	48	15
24	35	48	16
25	34	49	16
26	33	51	16
27	32	51	17
28	31	52	17