Myanmar
Weather locations in Myanmar
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Climate of Myanmar
Country climate guideMyanmar occupies the eastern side of the Bay of Bengal, where the Arakan Yoma range runs down the coast and the Irrawaddy delta spreads out below it. The country lies entirely within the tropics and is dominated by the monsoon, which arrives from the south-west in summer, retreats in autumn, and is replaced by a dry north-easterly wind in winter. Mountain barriers matter enormously here: they separate the wet coastal strip from the dry central plain and hold the cold out of the northern hills.
Main climate types
The Irrawaddy delta and the coastal strip of Rakhine State have a tropical monsoon climate with extremely heavy rain. The central dry zone, lying in the rain shadow of the Arakan Yoma and Shan hills, is a tropical savanna climate, and the northern highlands are cooler and wetter with a montane influence. The delta's mangrove wetlands stay hot and humid all year.
Temperatures
Yangon averages about 25 °C in January and about 28 °C in July, with little seasonal swing and high humidity. Mandalay, inland on the dry plain, averages about 22 °C in January and is at its hottest around April and May, when highs can pass 40 °C. In the north, the hill stations such as Pyin U Lwin are several degrees cooler, and winter mornings in the Shan hills can be sharply cold.
Rainfall
Annual totals range from about 700 mm to 800 mm in the central dry zone to roughly 2,000 mm to 2,800 mm in the Yangon delta, with the highest totals, exceeding 5,000 mm, on the windward slopes of the Arakan Yoma in Rakhine State. The south-west monsoon brings the main rain from June to September, while the north-east monsoon from December to February is what keeps the interior dry. Cyclones crossing the Bay of Bengal bring wind and surges in May and around October to November.
When to go
The cool, dry months from mid-October to February are the best time to travel, especially for Bagan and the Mandalay region. The monsoon from June to September makes roads and river traffic slow, and the coastal states are exposed to storms.