Nyaung Shwe weather in May

In May, Nyaung Shwe sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 127 mm of rain across 18 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of May to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nyaung Shwe's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nyaung Shwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
9th coldest
Rainfall
127 mm
18 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:29 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
61%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
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.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nyaung Shwe reaches about 29°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Nyaung Shwe weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 10°111.310.99.2
Feb27° / 11°30.611.38.9
Mar29° / 15°81.211.97.4
Apr30° / 18°284.812.55.7
May29° / 20°12718134.4
Jun28° / 21°1372413.24.0
Jul27° / 21°15825.113.13.9
Aug27° / 20°19426.812.73.8
Sep27° / 20°1592412.14.1
Oct27° / 18°9016.411.55.5
Nov26° / 15°316.2117.6
Dec24° / 12°112.310.88.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27426
37327
47228
57030
66931
76832
86634
96436
106238
116040
125842
135644
145446
155248
165050
174852
184654
194555
204357
214159
223862
233763
243565
253466
263367
273070
282971
292872
302674
312476

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nyaung Shwe gets around 127 mm of rain over 18 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 58% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 61% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
172447220
272247250
362047270
451946300
541746330
641645350
731544380
821443410
921242430
1021141460
1121039490
1211038510
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141834570
151733590
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181526680
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210320770
220319780
230217810
240215821
250113851
260111871
27019891
28018901
29007921
30005941
31005941

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 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 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:376:22
212.85:366:22
312.85:366:23
412.85:356:23
512.85:356:23
612.85:346:24
712.85:336:24
812.95:336:25
912.95:326:25
1012.95:326:25
1112.95:316:26
1212.95:316:26
1312.95:306:27
1413.05:306:27
1513.05:306:27
1613.05:296:28
1713.05:296:28
1813.05:286:29
1913.05:286:29
2013.05:286:30
2113.05:276:30
2213.15:276:30
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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 5.73 kWh/m².

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 — May's 5.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
26.3Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.2Intense
76.2Intense
86.1Intense
96.1Intense
106.0Intense
116.0Bright
125.9Bright
135.9Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Nyaung Shwe

In seasonPeak

In May, 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 May a good time to visit Nyaung Shwe?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nyaung Shwe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nyaung Shwe in May

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

In May, Nyaung Shwe sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nyaung Shwe in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highVery highExtremeVery highAug 14UV 14Dec 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar10Extreme
Apr9Very high
May13Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Nyaung Shwe 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 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).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateMar 1772 µg/m³Jul 1910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb46Poor
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr47Poor
May23Moderate
Jun12Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug11Good
Sep12Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec22Moderate
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
16 km
1,166 m
80 km
2,327 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May 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
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 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).