Climate and average weather in Pyawbwe

In Pyawbwe, the summers are humid, sweltering, fairly dry, and clear and the winters are hot and clear.

Best: late November to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Pyawbwe typically varies from 14°C to 38°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 41°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Pyawbwe for warm-weather activities are from early January to early February and late November to late December.

Hottest
Apr
38°
Coldest
Dec
16°
Wettest
Jul
204 mm
Driest
Feb
2 mm
Rain / yr
1121 mm
154 wet days
Daylight
10.7–13.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
198 m
20.6°N
Clearest
Feb
14% cloud

Pyawbwe weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late November to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Pyawbwe, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 2.1 months, from March 12 to May 13, with daily high temperatures above 36°C. The hottest month of the year in Pyawbwe is April, with an average high of 38°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 2.1 months, from November 25 to January 28, with daily high temperatures below 30°C. The coldest month of the year in Pyawbwe is December, with an average low of 16°C and high of 29°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 16°C) in February.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2914
Feb3216
Mar3620
Apr3825
May3526
Jun3225
Jul3125
Aug3124
Sep3124
Oct3223
Nov3120
Dec2916

How hot and cold Pyawbwe really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Pyawbwe feels like about 41°C (around May 7). About 281 days a year carry some heat stress, and 54 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan29291414
Feb32321616
Mar36362020
Apr40382525
May40352626
Jun37322525
Jul36312525
Aug36312424
Sep37312424
Oct36322323
Nov33312020
Dec29291616

Average hourly temperature in Pyawbwe

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 38°C, and coldest before dawn in December, near 16°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Pyawbwe weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 14°8110.97.2
Feb32° / 16°20.511.35.1
Mar36° / 20°91.211.92.7
Apr38° / 25°25412.51.3
May35° / 26°14917.9131.9
Jun32° / 25°19125.313.22.5
Jul31° / 25°20427.313.12.7
Aug31° / 24°20327.312.72.7
Sep31° / 24°17323.412.12.8
Oct32° / 23°11118.911.53.4
Nov31° / 20°365.8115.5
Dec29° / 16°101.810.87.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Pyawbwe gets about 1121 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.8 months, from around May 6 to Oct 30, peaking in August at about 90% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 7.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 204 mm over about 27 wet days; February is the driest, with 2 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 10 · 90%Feb 7 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan31
Feb21
Mar41
Apr154
May5718
Jun8425
Jul8827
Aug8727
Sep7823
Oct6019
Nov206
Dec62

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Pyawbwe collects about 1121 mm of rain across 154 wet days — roughly 93 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 204 mm, while February is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 53% of the year’s total.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec829251491912042031731113610
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan81
Feb21
Mar91
Apr254
May14918
Jun19125
Jul20427
Aug20327
Sep17323
Oct11119
Nov366
Dec102

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Pyawbwe, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 23 and lasts for 6.8 months, ending around May 16. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 93% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 17 and lasts for 5.2 months, ending around October 22. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 97% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 26 · 94%Aug 11 · 1%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan928
Feb937
Mar919
Apr8812
May5446
Jun1090
Jul496
Aug397
Sep1387
Oct4555
Nov7822
Dec8614

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 1, brings about 13 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 22, only 10 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 30 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.96:495:41
Feb11.36:415:59
Mar11.96:206:11
Apr12.55:526:20
May13.05:336:31
Jun13.25:296:43
Jul13.15:376:46
Aug12.75:496:31
Sep12.15:576:04
Oct11.56:055:36
Nov11.06:215:21
Dec10.86:395:25

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Pyawbwe averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.4 months, from around Oct 29 to May 11. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 26 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is August, down near 0 sunny days — about 100% fewer than the January peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJan 2427 daysAug 70 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan27Brilliant
Feb24Brilliant
Mar26Brilliant
Apr23Brilliant
May12Mixed
Jun1Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct9Mixed
Nov20Bright
Dec24Brilliant

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Pyawbwe, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.0 months, from around April 7 to December 4. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 5 to April 6, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 91% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 6 · 93%May 19 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivehumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan384812200
Feb51408100
Mar284024700
Apr3143335150
May015176315
Jun00005644
Jul00005446
Aug00005050
Sep00004753
Oct00156925
Nov052336341
Dec742331520

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Pyawbwe is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies a lot with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around Apr 21 to Sep 15. The windiest month is June, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 16 to Apr 20, with January the calmest month at about 5 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJun 27 · 15 km/hJan 17 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb6calm
Mar7calm
Apr9calm
May11calm
Jun15light breeze
Jul15light breeze
Aug13light breeze
Sep9calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Hazard calendar for Pyawbwe

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Pyawbwe'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

Best time to visit Pyawbwe

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Pyawbwe throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early December, Pyawbwe is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Pyawbwe for general outdoor tourist activities is from late November to early February, with a peak score in the last week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 29 · 7.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan7.2good
Feb5.1fair
Mar2.7poor
Apr1.4poor
May1.9poor
Jun2.5poor
Jul2.6poor
Aug2.7poor
Sep2.8poor
Oct3.5poor
Nov5.5fair
Dec7.2good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Pyawbwe for hot-weather activities is from mid November to early March, with a peak score in the third week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 18 · 9.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Pyawbwe, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around April (highs near 38°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around December (highs near 29°C), pack light clothes and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Pyawbwe sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Pyawbwe by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pyawbwe peaks around July 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighJul 23UV 12Dec 19UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May13Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Pyawbwe

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in May the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan63
Feb6.54
Mar7.55
Apr7.55
May8.56.5
Jun85.5
Jul8.56.5
Aug86
Sep85.5
Oct74.5
Nov63.5
Dec5.52

Air quality in Pyawbwe by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Pyawbwe is worst in March — around 90 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (July, 12 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyModerateMar 2288 µg/m³Jul 1712 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan30Moderate
Feb39Poor
Mar90Unhealthy
Apr84Unhealthy
May24Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Pyawbwe is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Pyawbwe banks about 6,151 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan366
Feb399
Mar562
Apr637
May632
Jun548
Jul544
Aug540
Sep533
Oct541
Nov460
Dec390

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Pyawbwe receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.7 and 6.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.5 months, from around Jan 16 to Jun 1. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.9 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 3.9 kWh/m² — roughly 43% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 96.9 kWhAug 53.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.0Bright
Feb5.9Bright
Mar6.7Intense
Apr6.9Intense
May5.9Bright
Jun4.5Bright
Jul3.9Moderate
Aug3.9Moderate
Sep4.3Bright
Oct4.5Bright
Nov4.5Bright
Dec4.5Bright

Where is Pyawbwe?

Pyawbwe sits at 20.6°N, 96.1°E, 198 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Yamethin, 20 km away.

Topography around Pyawbwe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pyawbwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 196 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,251 m.

The land around Pyawbwe is covered by cropland (65%) within 3 km, cropland (79%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%), trees (30%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
138 m
80 km
2,251 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Yamethin 20 km · Meiktila 38 km · Kalaw 54 km · Wundwin 56 km · Aungban 61 km · Heho 82 km · Taungdwingyi 84 km · Nyaung Shwe 92 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 Pyawbwe (20.5919°, 96.052°, elevation 198 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).