Yangon
Elevation 15 m16.80° N, 96.16° E
Do not travel
The governments of Canada and the United States advise against all travel to the whole country. The advice is for the country: it holds here too.
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When to go?
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 29 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 31 °C, 3 rain days in the month (38 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 29 °C, 16 rain days in the month (274 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 25 rain days in the month (542 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain22 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 31 rain days in the month (666 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain almost every day
- Torrential rain21 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 31 rain days in the month (658 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Often rainyrain almost every day
- Torrential rain21 mm per rain day
Mean 27 °C, 25 rain days in the month (479 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain19 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 13 rain days in the month (219 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 28 °C, 3 rain days in the month (52 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
No ideal month: the best months are December–February, the least hot. Ideal for the sea: October–May. Avoid March–November (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Gulf of Martaban
Monthly mean sea temperature: Gulf of Martaban (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Gulf of Martaban (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.7 °C. Warmest year: 1998 (+1.0 °C), coldest: 1953 (−0.8 °C).
December and November warmed the most (+0.9 and +0.7 °C), April the least (0.0 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
+0.5 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990