Pyay weather in August

In August, Pyay sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 293 mm of rain across 29.6 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°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 12 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Pyay's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pyay's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 293 mm; 29.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:54 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 94%; 11th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Pyay is human settlement in 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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Pyay reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	25
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3	31	25
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31	31	25

How August really feels in Pyay

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

12 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Pyay weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 17°	7	0.5	11	6.2
Feb	34° / 18°	1	0.1	11.4	4.4
Mar	37° / 21°	4	0.8	11.9	2.3
Apr	38° / 25°	16	2.2	12.4	1.0
May	36° / 26°	133	17.6	12.9	1.7
Jun	32° / 26°	319	28.3	13.1	2.2
Jul	31° / 25°	313	29.8	13	2.3
Aug	31° / 25°	293	29.6	12.6	2.4
Sep	32° / 25°	234	26.4	12.1	2.4
Oct	32° / 25°	122	16.9	11.6	3.3
Nov	32° / 22°	26	3.8	11.1	4.9
Dec	30° / 19°	4	0.8	10.9	6.3

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 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 99%.

	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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Cloudier (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pyay gets around 293 mm of rain over 29.6 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 95% and peaks near 98% 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 (%)	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
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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 100% 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
Miserable (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Miserable (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
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10	100
11	100
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27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
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31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min 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 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:21 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)	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:49	6:41
2	12.8	5:50	6:41
3	12.8	5:50	6:40
4	12.8	5:50	6:40
5	12.8	5:51	6:39
6	12.8	5:51	6:39
7	12.8	5:51	6:38
8	12.8	5:52	6:37
9	12.7	5:52	6:37
10	12.7	5:52	6:36
11	12.7	5:53	6:36
12	12.7	5:53	6:35
13	12.7	5:53	6:34
14	12.7	5:53	6:34
15	12.7	5:54	6:33
16	12.6	5:54	6:33
17	12.6	5:54	6:32
18	12.6	5:54	6:31
19	12.6	5:55	6:30
20	12.6	5:55	6:30
21	12.6	5:55	6:29
22	12.5	5:55	6:28
23	12.5	5:56	6:27
24	12.5	5:56	6:27
25	12.5	5:56	6:26
26	12.5	5:56	6:25
27	12.5	5:57	6:24
28	12.4	5:57	6:23
29	12.4	5:57	6:23
30	12.4	5:57	6:22
31	12.4	5:57	6:21

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.58 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.58 kWh/m² to a high of 6.86 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.58 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)	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
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	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Pyay

In seasonPeak

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

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

Pyay's monsoon runs June–September, 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 Pyay?

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

2.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pyay.

What to pack for Pyay in August

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

In August, Pyay sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Pyay in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Pyay peaks around August 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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)	8	9	9	10	12	10	12	13	11	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Pyay 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 Pyay is worst in March — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.5× the cleanest month (July, 15 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)	36	60	99	55	23	16	15	17	15	16	18	27
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	36	Poor
Feb	60	Unhealthy
Mar	99	Unhealthy
Apr	55	Unhealthy
May	23	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	27	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Pyay?

Pyay sits at 18.8°N, 95.2°E, 2 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Paungde, 48 km away.

Topography around Pyay

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pyay has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 245 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,334 m.

The land around Pyay is covered by trees (47%) and water (24%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

152 m

trees 47%

16 km

245 m

cropland 46%

80 km

1,334 m

trees 55%

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

August weather nearby: Paungde 48 km · Thayetmyo 56 km · Myanaung 60 km · Myaydo 61 km · Zigon 69 km · Taungup 103 km · Ngapali 103 km · Ingabu 112 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 Pyay (18.82°, 95.2156°, elevation 2 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	31	25
2	31	25
3	31	25
4	31	25
5	31	25
6	31	25
7	31	25
8	31	25
9	31	25
10	31	25
11	31	25
12	31	25
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14	31	25
15	31	25
16	31	25
17	31	25
18	31	25
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20	31	25
21	31	25
22	31	25
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24	31	25
25	31	25
26	31	25
27	31	25
28	31	25
29	31	25
30	31	25
31	31	25

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	98
9	97
10	97
11	97
12	97
13	96
14	96
15	95
16	95
17	95
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	93
22	93
23	93
24	93
25	93
26	93
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	94

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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	98
9	97
10	97
11	97
12	97
13	96
14	96
15	95
16	95
17	95
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	93
22	93
23	93
24	93
25	93
26	93
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	94

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

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	98
5	98
6	98
7	98
8	98
9	97
10	97
11	97
12	97
13	96
14	96
15	95
16	95
17	95
18	94
19	94
20	94
21	93
22	93
23	93
24	93
25	93
26	93
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94
31	94

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