Sittwe weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) · beach resort · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Sittwe is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with January and December close behind. Sittwe averages about 2,440 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,440
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 3,633 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 32°C / 90°F
- Population
- 179k
- Elevation
- 7 m
When is the best time to visit Sittwe?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sittwe is February, then January and December. The dullest month is May (66/100, 325 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sittwe?
Sittwe gets a moderate 2,440 hours of sunshine a year. February (93/100) is noticeably better than May (66). It ranks #8 of 23 destinations in Myanmar (Burma) for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,336 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 3,633 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 90 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 15 mm | 7 | 25° / 77°F |
| February | 93 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 3 mm | 9 | 24° / 75°F |
| March | 89 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 24 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| April | 77 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 90 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 66 | 31° / 88°F | 28° / 82°F | 325 mm | 9 | 32° / 90°F |
| June | 66 | 30° / 86°F | 28° / 82°F | 660 mm | 7 | 31° / 88°F |
| July | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 980 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 649 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 505 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 66 | 30° / 86°F | 27° / 81°F | 321 mm | 8 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 46 mm | 7 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 90 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 15 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
Sea temperature in Sittwe by month
The sea off Sittwe is warmest in May at around 32°C / 90°F, and coolest in February at 24°C / 75°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.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Cox's Bazar Bangladesh · 175 km · best in Jan · 2,418 h sun/yr
- Chattogram (Chittagong) Bangladesh · 260 km · best in Jan · 2,518 h sun/yr
- Mandalay Myanmar (Burma) · 367 km · best in Jan · 2,833 h sun/yr
- Dhaka Bangladesh · 485 km · best in Jan · 2,130 h sun/yr
- Yangon Myanmar (Burma) · 497 km · best in Dec · 2,311 h sun/yr
- Imphal India · 525 km · best in Jan · 2,260 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kyaukpyu Myanmar (Burma) · 105 km · 2,474 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Magway Myanmar (Burma) · 216 km · 2,706 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Thandwe Myanmar (Burma) · 239 km · 2,438 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Bagan (Nyaung-U) Myanmar (Burma) · 244 km · 2,646 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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