Mandalay weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) · city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Mandalay is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with December close behind. Mandalay averages about 2,833 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 10 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,833
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 283 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 1.3M
- Elevation
- 87 m
When is the best time to visit Mandalay?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mandalay is January, then December. The dullest month is April (19/100, 14 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mandalay?
Mandalay gets a lot of sun: around 2,833 hours a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate January (94) from April (19), so the month you pick matters. Mandalay is the sunniest of the 23 destinations tracked in Myanmar (Burma). Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 43% of the annual 283 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 10 mm | 7 |
| February | 76 | 34° / 93°F | 18° / 64°F | 2 mm | 8 |
| March | 38 | 38° / 100°F | 22° / 72°F | 7 mm | 9 |
| April | 19 | 40° / 104°F | 26° / 79°F | 14 mm | 10 |
| May | 27 | 39° / 102°F | 27° / 81°F | 34 mm | 10 |
| June | 44 | 37° / 99°F | 27° / 81°F | 43 mm | 9 |
| July | 53 | 36° / 97°F | 26° / 79°F | 37 mm | 9 |
| August | 53 | 36° / 97°F | 26° / 79°F | 43 mm | 9 |
| September | 45 | 37° / 99°F | 26° / 79°F | 34 mm | 9 |
| October | 53 | 36° / 97°F | 25° / 77°F | 42 mm | 8 |
| November | 66 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 10 mm | 7 |
| December | 94 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 7 mm | 6 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Dehong (Mangshi) China · 398 km · best in Feb · 2,178 h sun/yr
- Imphal India · 401 km · best in Jan · 2,260 h sun/yr
- Cox's Bazar Bangladesh · 416 km · best in Jan · 2,418 h sun/yr
- Chattogram (Chittagong) Bangladesh · 434 km · best in Jan · 2,518 h sun/yr
- Baoshan (Tengchong) China · 442 km · best in Mar · 2,177 h sun/yr
- Chiang Rai Thailand · 450 km · best in Feb · 2,393 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bagan (Nyaung-U) Myanmar (Burma) · 123 km · 2,646 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Heho Myanmar (Burma) · 136 km · 2,617 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Magway Myanmar (Burma) · 202 km · 2,706 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Lashio Myanmar (Burma) · 231 km · 2,430 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Nay Pyi Taw Myanmar (Burma) · 232 km · 2,571 h sun/yr · best in Dec
Head-to-head
How Mandalay compares month by month: Mandalay vs Dehong (Mangshi) · Mandalay vs Cox's Bazar · Mandalay vs Imphal · all comparisons
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