Magway weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Magway is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with December and November close behind. Magway averages about 2,706 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,706
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 572 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 97k
- Elevation
- 90 m
When is the best time to visit Magway?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Magway is January, then December and November. The dullest month is April (18/100, 15 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Magway?
Magway gets a lot of sun: around 2,706 hours a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate January (94) from April (18), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 23 destinations in Myanmar (Burma) for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,336 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 59% of the annual 572 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 15° / 59°F | 7 mm | 7 |
| February | 66 | 35° / 95°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| March | 37 | 38° / 100°F | 20° / 68°F | 8 mm | 9 |
| April | 18 | 40° / 104°F | 24° / 75°F | 15 mm | 10 |
| May | 43 | 37° / 99°F | 26° / 79°F | 48 mm | 9 |
| June | 52 | 35° / 95°F | 26° / 79°F | 110 mm | 8 |
| July | 64 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 130 mm | 8 |
| August | 69 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 99 mm | 8 |
| September | 75 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 63 mm | 8 |
| October | 65 | 34° / 93°F | 24° / 75°F | 73 mm | 8 |
| November | 84 | 33° / 91°F | 21° / 70°F | 11 mm | 7 |
| December | 94 | 32° / 90°F | 17° / 63°F | 7 mm | 6 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Mandalay Myanmar (Burma) · 202 km · best in Jan · 2,833 h sun/yr
- Cox's Bazar Bangladesh · 341 km · best in Jan · 2,418 h sun/yr
- Yangon Myanmar (Burma) · 383 km · best in Dec · 2,311 h sun/yr
- Chattogram (Chittagong) Bangladesh · 399 km · best in Jan · 2,518 h sun/yr
- Chiang Mai Thailand · 449 km · best in Feb · 2,275 h sun/yr
- Chiang Rai Thailand · 517 km · best in Feb · 2,393 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bagan (Nyaung-U) Myanmar (Burma) · 113 km · 2,646 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Nay Pyi Taw Myanmar (Burma) · 145 km · 2,571 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Kyaukpyu Myanmar (Burma) · 169 km · 2,474 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Thandwe Myanmar (Burma) · 201 km · 2,438 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Heho Myanmar (Burma) · 203 km · 2,617 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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