Nyaung Shwe weather in August

In August, Nyaung Shwe sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 194 mm of rain across 26.8 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nyaung Shwe's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nyaung Shwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 194 mm; 26.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:45 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover: 93%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Nyaung Shwe is town in the Shan State of 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nyaung Shwe reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Nyaung Shwe weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 10°	11	1.3	10.9	9.2
Feb	27° / 11°	3	0.6	11.3	8.9
Mar	29° / 15°	8	1.2	11.9	7.4
Apr	30° / 18°	28	4.8	12.5	5.7
May	29° / 20°	127	18	13	4.4
Jun	28° / 21°	137	24	13.2	4.0
Jul	27° / 21°	158	25.1	13.1	3.9
Aug	27° / 20°	194	26.8	12.7	3.8
Sep	27° / 20°	159	24	12.1	4.1
Oct	27° / 18°	90	16.4	11.5	5.5
Nov	26° / 15°	31	6.2	11	7.6
Dec	24° / 12°	11	2.3	10.8	8.8

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 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 97%.

	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 (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6
Cloudier (%)	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	95	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nyaung Shwe gets around 194 mm of rain over 26.8 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 86% and peaks near 88% 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 (%)	87	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	85
16	85
17	85
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	84

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 99% 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
Muggy (%)	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Oppressive (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours 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 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:15 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)	13.0	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	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	5:40	6:37
2	12.9	5:40	6:36
3	12.9	5:41	6:36
4	12.9	5:41	6:35
5	12.9	5:41	6:35
6	12.9	5:42	6:34
7	12.9	5:42	6:34
8	12.8	5:42	6:33
9	12.8	5:43	6:32
10	12.8	5:43	6:32
11	12.8	5:43	6:31
12	12.8	5:44	6:31
13	12.8	5:44	6:30
14	12.7	5:44	6:29
15	12.7	5:45	6:28
16	12.7	5:45	6:28
17	12.7	5:45	6:27
18	12.7	5:46	6:26
19	12.7	5:46	6:25
20	12.6	5:46	6:25
21	12.6	5:47	6:24
22	12.6	5:47	6:23
23	12.6	5:47	6:22
24	12.6	5:47	6:21
25	12.5	5:48	6:21
26	12.5	5:48	6:20
27	12.5	5:48	6:19
28	12.5	5:48	6:18
29	12.5	5:49	6:17
30	12.5	5:49	6:16
31	12.4	5:49	6:15

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.75 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.75 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)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	4.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Nyaung Shwe

In seasonPeak

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

Nyaung Shwe's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Nyaung Shwe?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nyaung Shwe.

What to pack for Nyaung Shwe in August

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

In August, Nyaung Shwe sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 27 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Nyaung Shwe in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nyaung Shwe peaks around August 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 7 (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	14	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	13	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Nyaung Shwe 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 Nyaung Shwe is worst in March — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.7× the cleanest month (July, 10 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)	28	46	76	47	23	12	10	11	12	14	17	22
Level	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	76	Unhealthy
Apr	47	Poor
May	23	Moderate
Jun	12	Moderate
Jul	10	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	12	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nyaung Shwe?

Nyaung Shwe sits at 20.7°N, 96.9°E, 892 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Heho, 14 km away.

Topography around Nyaung Shwe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nyaung Shwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m around an average of 894 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,166 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,327 m.

The land around Nyaung Shwe is covered by cropland (60%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (38%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), cropland (32%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

105 m

cropland 60%

16 km

1,166 m

grassland 38%

80 km

2,327 m

trees 37%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

August weather nearby: Heho 14 km · Taunggyi 18 km · Aungban 31 km · Kalaw 39 km · Lawksawk 66 km · Nansang 85 km · Yamethin 87 km · Pèkon 88 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 Nyaung Shwe (20.6597°, 96.9338°, elevation 892 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	85
16	85
17	85
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	85
16	85
17	85
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	1	99
5	1	99
6	1	99
7	1	99
8	1	99
9	1	99
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	85
16	85
17	85
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0