Dawei weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Dawei is December — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with January and February close behind. Dawei averages about 2,090 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in December.
Jump to: month-by-month table · sea temperature · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 2,090
- Sunniest month
- December
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 1,749 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 33°C / 91°F
- Population
- 146k
- Elevation
- 21 m
When is the best time to visit Dawei?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Dawei is December, then January and February. The dullest month is May (63/100, 202 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Dawei?
Dawei gets a moderate 2,090 hours of sunshine a year. December (90/100) is noticeably better than May (63). It ranks #20 of 23 destinations in Myanmar (Burma) for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,336 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 51% of the annual 1,749 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 89 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 12 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| February | 89 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 10 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| March | 83 | 32° / 90°F | 24° / 75°F | 46 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 78 | 32° / 90°F | 26° / 79°F | 73 mm | 10 | 33° / 91°F |
| May | 63 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 202 mm | 9 | 32° / 90°F |
| June | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 257 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 326 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 301 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 272 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 206 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 84 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 37 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 90 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 7 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
Sea temperature in Dawei by month
The sea off Dawei is warmest in April at around 33°C / 91°F, and coolest in January at 28°C / 82°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
See Dawei on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Bangkok Thailand · 279 km · best in Dec · 2,535 h sun/yr
- Rayong Thailand · 342 km · best in Feb · 2,377 h sun/yr
- Phitsanulok Thailand · 372 km · best in Jan · 2,511 h sun/yr
- Yangon Myanmar (Burma) · 383 km · best in Dec · 2,311 h sun/yr
- Chiang Mai Thailand · 525 km · best in Feb · 2,275 h sun/yr
- Ko Samui Thailand · 545 km · best in Feb · 2,342 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Myeik Myanmar (Burma) · 190 km · 2,164 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Hua Hin Thailand · 250 km · 2,103 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Mawlamyine Myanmar (Burma) · 267 km · 2,372 h sun/yr · best in Feb
Put the Dawei sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Dawei's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: