Taungoo weather in August

In August, Taungoo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 405 mm of rain across 30.2 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°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 Taungoo's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taungoo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
405 mm
30.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:49 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
94%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
3.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Taungoo is city in the Bago Region of Myanmar.

Air quality
Very high
PM10 137 µg/m³ · 2013
Founded
1510

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Taungoo reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Taungoo

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Taungoo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 16°80.9116.1
Feb34° / 17°30.311.44.4
Mar37° / 21°71.311.92.3
Apr38° / 25°244.112.41.1
May35° / 26°19820.812.91.9
Jun31° / 25°39029.113.12.4
Jul30° / 24°44029.9132.6
Aug30° / 24°40530.212.62.6
Sep31° / 25°2472612.12.7
Oct32° / 24°971611.63.5
Nov32° / 21°233.111.14.9
Dec31° / 18°50.910.96.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 99%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1199
2199
3199
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5199
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Taungoo gets around 405 mm of rain over 30.2 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 97% and peaks near 98% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
197
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598
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1697
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3196

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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1793
2793
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27595
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Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, 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
17calm
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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 5:44 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:446:36
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512.85:466:34
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.14 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.0Moderate
22.9Moderate
32.9Moderate
42.9Moderate
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Taungoo

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Taungoo?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Taungoo.

What to pack for Taungoo in August

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

In August, Taungoo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Taungoo 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 Taungoo peaks around August 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 11UV 13Dec 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Very high
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Taungoo 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 Taungoo is worst in April — around 150 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.6× the cleanest month (July, 12 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyModerateApr 10147 µg/m³Jul 1512 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb43Poor
Mar137Unhealthy
Apr150Unhealthy
May23Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Taungoo?

Taungoo sits at 18.9°N, 96.4°E, 56 m above sea level, in Myanmar. The nearest listed city is Yedashe, 25 km away.

Topography around Taungoo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Taungoo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,584 m.

The land around Taungoo is covered by trees (37%) and cropland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
148 m
80 km
2,584 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Yedashe 25 km · Pyu 51 km · Lewe 84 km · Pyinmana 92 km · Naypyidaw 95 km · Zigon 109 km · Paungde 110 km · Nyaunglebin 114 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 Taungoo (18.9429°, 96.4341°, elevation 56 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).