Pyay weather in October

In October, Pyay sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 122 mm of rain across 16.9 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in October, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of October to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Pyay's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pyay's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
25°
6th coldest
Rainfall
122 mm
16.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:07 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover
63%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Pyay is human settlement in Myanmar.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical October day in Pyay reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13225
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How October really feels in Pyay

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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
31
28 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Pyay weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 17°70.5116.2
Feb34° / 18°10.111.44.4
Mar37° / 21°40.811.92.3
Apr38° / 25°162.212.41.0
May36° / 26°13317.612.91.7
Jun32° / 26°31928.313.12.2
Jul31° / 25°31329.8132.3
Aug31° / 25°29329.612.62.4
Sep32° / 25°23426.412.12.4
Oct32° / 25°12216.911.63.3
Nov32° / 22°263.811.14.9
Dec30° / 19°40.810.96.3

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22476
32575
42773
52971
63070
73268
83367
93466
103763
113862
124060
134258
144357
154555
164654
174852
184951
195050
205149
215248
225347
235347
245545
255644
265743
275743
285842
296040
306139
316337

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Pyay gets around 122 mm of rain over 16.9 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 54% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
174
273
372
470
569
668
767
866
965
1064
1162
1261
1360
1458
1557
1655
1754
1852
1951
2049
2147
2246
2344
2443
2541
2639
2738
2836
2935
3033
3132

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the miserable band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10199
20199
30298
40298
50298
60397
70397
80397
90496
100496
110496
120595
130595
140694
150694
160793
170892
180991
1901090
2001288
2101486
2211683
2311881
2412079
2512376
2622672
2722969
2833265
2943561
3053857
3164054

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
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66calm
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86calm
95calm
105calm
115calm
125calm
135calm
145calm
155calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of October to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:035:53
211.86:035:52
311.86:045:51
411.86:045:50
511.86:045:50
611.76:045:49
711.76:055:48
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911.76:055:46
1011.76:055:46
1111.76:065:45
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1411.66:075:43
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1911.56:085:39
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2811.46:125:34
2911.36:125:33
3011.36:135:33
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.63 kWh/m².

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 — October's 4.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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314.6Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Pyay

In seasonPeak

In October, Pyay sits inside its cyclone 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 October a good time to visit Pyay?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pyay.

What to pack for Pyay in October

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

In October, Pyay sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pyay in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 10 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 11UV 13Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Very high
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Pyay in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October 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).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyModerateMar 1693 µg/m³Jul 1515 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb60Unhealthy
Mar99Unhealthy
Apr55Unhealthy
May23Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec27Moderate
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
16 km
245 m
80 km
1,334 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
October 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
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 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).