Climate and average weather in Shwenatha

In Shwenatha, the summers are muggy, sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are hot and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid November to late January

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Shwenatha typically varies from 19°C to 39°C, and is rarely below 15°C or above 41°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Shwenatha for warm-weather activities is from mid November to late January.

Hottest
Apr
39°
Coldest
Aug
25°
Wettest
Jul
497 mm
Driest
Feb
3 mm
Rain / yr
2328 mm
176 wet days
Daylight
11.0–13.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
13 m
17.0°N
Clearest
Feb
19% cloud

Shwenatha 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 mid November to late January.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Shwenatha, 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 3 to May 6, with daily high temperatures above 37°C. The hottest month of the year in Shwenatha is April, with an average high of 39°C and low of 26°C.

The cool season lasts 4.0 months, from June 4 to October 3, with daily high temperatures below 32°C. The coldest month of the year in Shwenatha is August, with an average low of 25°C and high of 31°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 16°C) in February.

15°20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3319
Feb3520
Mar3823
Apr3926
May3527
Jun3126
Jul3125
Aug3125
Sep3125
Oct3225
Nov3323
Dec3220

How hot and cold Shwenatha 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, Shwenatha feels like about 45°C (around April 22). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, and 187 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in April.

20°30°40°50°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan33331919
Feb36352020
Mar40382323
Apr44392626
May43352727
Jun40312626
Jul39312525
Aug39312525
Sep40312525
Oct41322525
Nov38332323
Dec33322020

Average hourly temperature in Shwenatha

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 39°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 25°C.

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

Shwenatha 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
Jan33° / 19°40.911.14.9
Feb35° / 20°30.411.43.3
Mar38° / 23°101.611.91.7
Apr39° / 26°384.612.40.9
May35° / 27°26622.112.81.7
Jun31° / 26°45729.6132.1
Jul31° / 25°49730.712.92.3
Aug31° / 25°48830.812.62.3
Sep31° / 25°35628.812.12.2
Oct32° / 25°17020.611.62.9
Nov33° / 23°354.611.24.3
Dec32° / 20°50.8115.2

Chance of rain

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

Shwenatha gets about 2328 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.7 months, from around May 6 to Oct 25, peaking in August at about 100% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 11.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 497 mm over about 31 wet days; February is the driest, with 3 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 9 · 100%Feb 11 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan21
Feb10
Mar52
Apr175
May7022
Jun9830
Jul9931
Aug9931
Sep9529
Oct6521
Nov175
Dec31

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Shwenatha collects about 2328 mm of rain across 176 wet days — roughly 194 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 497 mm, while February is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 62% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec431038266457497488356170355
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan41
Feb30
Mar102
Apr385
May26622
Jun45730
Jul49731
Aug48831
Sep35629
Oct17021
Nov355
Dec51

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Shwenatha, 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 21 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around May 7. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 92% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 8 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around October 20. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 99% 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 25 · 93%Aug 5 · 0%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8515
Feb928
Mar8911
Apr7822
May3169
Jun298
Jul298
Aug199
Sep694
Oct4060
Nov7426
Dec8119

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 3, brings about 13 hours of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 hours — a swing of roughly 2 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.16:425:47
Feb11.46:376:03
Mar11.96:196:11
Apr12.45:546:17
May12.85:386:25
Jun13.05:356:36
Jul12.95:436:39
Aug12.65:526:27
Sep12.15:576:03
Oct11.66:025:39
Nov11.26:155:26
Dec11.06:325:31

Sunny days

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

Shwenatha averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 26 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.3 months, from around Oct 26 to May 5. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 25 sunny days (brilliant).

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

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantFeb 2826 daysJun 120 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan23Bright
Feb23Brilliant
Mar25Brilliant
Apr20Bright
May6Gloomy
Jun0Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
Oct8Gloomy
Nov18Bright
Dec21Bright

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 Shwenatha, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.9 months, from around March 17 to December 11. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 12 to March 16, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 27% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 25 · 32%Apr 7 · 0%oppressivemiserablemuggyhumidcomfortablecomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan423422550
Feb522432740
Mar172643231
Apr003225818
May00012178
Jun00000100
Jul00000100
Aug00000100
Sep00000100
Oct0001891
Nov004184236
Dec183233232

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.

Wind in Shwenatha is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeApr 19 · 9 km/hOct 12 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar8calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep7calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Shwenatha

In seasonPeak

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

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

Shwenatha's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Shwenatha

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late January, Shwenatha is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Shwenatha for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid November to late January, with a peak score in the last week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 24 · 5.4

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
Jan4.9fair
Feb3.3poor
Mar1.7poor
Apr0.9poor
May1.7poor
Jun2.1poor
Jul2.3poor
Aug2.3poor
Sep2.2poor
Oct2.9poor
Nov4.3fair
Dec5.2fair

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 Shwenatha for hot-weather activities is from early November to mid February, with a peak score in the last week of December.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 23 · 8.4

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 Shwenatha, 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 39°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 31°C), pack light clothes and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Shwenatha sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Shwenatha

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 64 km away) is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in January near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index (midday) in Shwenatha 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 Shwenatha peaks around August 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 12UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Very high
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Average hourly UV index in Shwenatha

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 August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 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)
Jan6.54
Feb74.5
Mar7.55
Apr7.55
May86
Jun8.56
Jul8.56.5
Aug86.5
Sep7.55.5
Oct75
Nov6.54
Dec63.5

Air quality in Shwenatha 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 Shwenatha is worst in March — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (July, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 1049 µg/m³Jul 1220 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan44Poor
Feb48Poor
Mar49Poor
Apr37Poor
May26Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec41Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Shwenatha 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. Shwenatha banks about 6,735 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)
Jan481
Feb486
Mar622
Apr668
May641
Jun557
Jul560
Aug556
Sep550
Oct579
Nov538
Dec498

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.

Shwenatha receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.0 and 6.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.2 months, from around Dec 12 to May 18. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 3.2 kWh/m² — roughly 52% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 76.8 kWhAug 53.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.2Bright
Feb6.0Bright
Mar6.7Intense
Apr6.8Intense
May5.0Bright
Jun3.5Moderate
Jul3.2Moderate
Aug3.2Moderate
Sep3.8Moderate
Oct4.6Bright
Nov4.8Bright
Dec4.8Bright

Where is Shwenatha?

Shwenatha sits at 17.0°N, 96.2°E, 13 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Kone Ta La Paung, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Shwenatha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shwenatha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 473 m.

The land around Shwenatha is covered by trees (38%) and cropland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (36%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
54 m
80 km
473 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Kone Ta La Paung 3.0 km · Thin Gan Kyun Gyi 4.0 km · Pyan Lel Nay Yar Cha Htar Ye 4.0 km · Pauk Kone 5.0 km · Zee Kone 8.0 km · Okpo 8.0 km · Min Ga Lar Don Zay 9.0 km · Da Nyin Kone 10 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 Shwenatha (16.9884°, 96.1622°, elevation 13 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).