Taungoo weather in October

In October, Taungoo sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 97 mm of rain across 16 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 26% 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 Taungoo's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taungoo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
97 mm
16 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:02 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover
63%
7th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
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 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 Taungoo reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°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 about 1°C warmer than September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in Taungoo

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
25 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.

Taungoo weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 6th-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 (%)
12179
22278
32476
42674
52773
62971
73070
83169
93466
103565
113664
123862
133961
144159
154258
164456
174654
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194951
205050
215248
225347
235446
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265842
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296139
306337
316337

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Taungoo gets around 97 mm of rain over 16 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 51% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
172
271
370
469
567
666
765
864
963
1062
1160
1259
1357
1455
1554
1652
1750
1849
1947
2045
2144
2242
2340
2439
2537
2636
2734
2832
2931
3029
3128

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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10397
20397
30397
40496
50496
60496
70595
80595
90694
100694
110793
120793
130892
140991
1511089
1611188
1711287
1811485
1911584
2011782
2111980
2222177
2322375
2422672
2532869
2633166
2743462
2843759
2953956
3064252
3174448

Wind in October

Winds average 4 km/h in October, the calmest month.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:58 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:585:48
211.85:595:47
311.85:595:46
411.85:595:46
511.85:595:45
611.76:005:44
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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 4.59 kWh/m².

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 — October's 4.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Taungoo

In seasonPeak

None of Taungoo's seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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 October a good time to visit Taungoo?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Taungoo.

What to pack for Taungoo in October

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

In October, Taungoo sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Taungoo in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 11 (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 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 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
October 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).