Kayan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kayan?

Kayan has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,603 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kayan?

The hottest day measured in Kayan between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 2010, reaching 43.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kayan?

The coldest day measured in Kayan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1956, at 11.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kayan?

Almost never: Kayan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Kayan warmed?

Yes: Kayan warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kayan?

The wettest day measured in Kayan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1958, with 277 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kayan?

The windiest day measured in Kayan between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 2008, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kayan?

The warmest month in Kayan is April (30.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kayan?

Kayan receives on average 2,603 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kayan?

Kayan gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kayan (Myanmar) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,603 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (30.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Kayan averages 0 frost days, 300 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.

Kayan has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 15 May 2010) and the coldest 11.0 °C (on 22 January 1956).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

KayanYangon

coords: 16.91°, 96.56°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

32.6°C

Average daily low

23.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,603mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

12.5km/h

Seasonal range

7.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

300 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

180 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.1 °C

Average feels-like low

26.9 °C

Average peak gust

27.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

294 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

43.1 °C

15 May 2010

Coldest day

11.0 °C

22 January 1956

Wettest day

277 mm

5 June 1958

Windiest day

56.2 km/h

3 May 2008

Strongest gust

109.4 km/h

3 May 2008

Hottest feels-like

49.0 °C

16 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

9.5 °C

26 December 1999

Sunniest day

12.9 h

8 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.1 °C3 April 2025	16.0 °C29 November 2025	27.7 °C	2,932 mm	329
2024	42.0 °C4 May 2024	15.2 °C22 January 2024	28.4 °C	3,031 mm	328
2023	42.2 °C6 May 2023	15.1 °C15 January 2023	28.3 °C	2,469 mm	338
2022	40.1 °C14 March 2022	13.2 °C3 February 2022	27.9 °C	2,976 mm	338
2021	39.6 °C19 May 2021	15.3 °C25 January 2021	27.9 °C	2,495 mm	335
2020	41.5 °C21 April 2020	12.8 °C28 January 2020	28.1 °C	2,235 mm	347
2019	42.2 °C26 April 2019	15.2 °C10 December 2019	28.2 °C	2,437 mm	334
2018	40.3 °C15 April 2018	12.2 °C1 February 2018	27.9 °C	2,648 mm	316
2017	39.8 °C26 March 2017	14.8 °C22 December 2017	28.0 °C	2,602 mm	329
2016	42.0 °C8 May 2016	13.7 °C12 January 2016	28.1 °C	2,529 mm	329
2015	40.5 °C20 April 2015	15.0 °C15 February 2015	28.0 °C	2,464 mm	329
2014	39.7 °C20 April 2014	13.8 °C24 January 2014	27.7 °C	2,626 mm	330
2013	40.1 °C19 April 2013	11.7 °C13 January 2013	27.7 °C	2,676 mm	308
2012	41.0 °C27 April 2012	12.4 °C26 January 2012	27.6 °C	2,631 mm	330
2011	39.1 °C22 April 2011	13.8 °C8 February 2011	27.2 °C	2,829 mm	323
2010	43.1 °C15 May 2010	15.0 °C6 February 2010	28.2 °C	2,170 mm	343
2009	39.4 °C4 April 2009	14.6 °C17 January 2009	27.4 °C	2,814 mm	321
2008	40.1 °C17 April 2008	14.3 °C15 January 2008	27.2 °C	3,325 mm	324
2007	42.0 °C24 April 2007	12.8 °C20 January 2007	27.4 °C	2,712 mm	334
2006	40.3 °C10 April 2006	14.2 °C24 December 2006	27.4 °C	2,810 mm	330
2005	41.4 °C1 May 2005	15.4 °C14 January 2005	28.0 °C	2,656 mm	326
2004	41.9 °C23 April 2004	14.1 °C18 January 2004	27.5 °C	2,265 mm	336
2003	40.9 °C29 April 2003	15.7 °C24 January 2003	27.5 °C	2,416 mm	334
2002	40.8 °C22 April 2002	14.5 °C28 January 2002	27.5 °C	2,637 mm	333
2001	40.9 °C15 April 2001	13.5 °C27 January 2001	27.4 °C	2,140 mm	328
2000	39.6 °C22 March 2000	15.1 °C24 January 2000	27.2 °C	2,699 mm	337
1999	40.5 °C5 April 1999	11.1 °C26 December 1999	27.5 °C	3,013 mm	316
1998	42.8 °C9 May 1998	12.9 °C13 January 1998	28.2 °C	2,020 mm	356
1997	41.4 °C7 May 1997	12.0 °C9 February 1997	27.4 °C	2,297 mm	339
1996	40.3 °C9 April 1996	12.9 °C27 January 1996	27.3 °C	2,381 mm	333
1995	41.4 °C17 April 1995	13.9 °C4 January 1995	27.5 °C	2,418 mm	322
1994	39.6 °C17 March 1994	14.7 °C11 January 1994	27.3 °C	2,834 mm	318
1993	40.0 °C5 May 1993	12.2 °C25 January 1993	27.3 °C	2,273 mm	324
1992	41.4 °C21 April 1992	13.2 °C6 January 1992	26.8 °C	2,503 mm	302
1991	40.8 °C21 May 1991	14.3 °C22 January 1991	27.6 °C	2,234 mm	328
1990	39.7 °C12 April 1990	13.2 °C10 January 1990	27.3 °C	2,586 mm	317
1989	39.6 °C16 April 1989	11.7 °C20 January 1989	26.8 °C	2,300 mm	316
1988	41.6 °C27 April 1988	14.5 °C23 January 1988	27.2 °C	2,749 mm	326
1987	40.6 °C18 May 1987	15.7 °C5 January 1987	27.6 °C	2,329 mm	318
1986	41.2 °C10 April 1986	15.2 °C9 January 1986	27.1 °C	2,428 mm	326
1985	40.2 °C13 April 1985	13.7 °C10 February 1985	27.0 °C	2,577 mm	293
1984	39.4 °C11 April 1984	13.4 °C23 January 1984	27.0 °C	2,322 mm	306
1983	41.1 °C27 April 1983	14.2 °C27 January 1983	27.0 °C	2,613 mm	291
1982	40.1 °C1 May 1982	14.2 °C6 February 1982	26.8 °C	2,532 mm	285
1981	41.2 °C29 April 1981	14.1 °C13 February 1981	27.0 °C	2,787 mm	287
1980	41.9 °C2 May 1980	11.9 °C12 February 1980	27.4 °C	2,357 mm	327
1979	40.1 °C4 March 1979	14.7 °C14 February 1979	27.4 °C	2,044 mm	336
1978	41.4 °C10 May 1978	11.8 °C19 January 1978	27.0 °C	2,473 mm	307
1977	39.1 °C27 April 1977	12.9 °C4 February 1977	26.9 °C	2,455 mm	310
1976	40.0 °C14 April 1976	12.7 °C2 January 1976	26.5 °C	3,030 mm	283
1975	41.2 °C29 April 1975	12.8 °C31 December 1975	26.6 °C	2,911 mm	275
1974	38.7 °C15 April 1974	11.5 °C4 February 1974	26.4 °C	3,081 mm	295
1973	41.3 °C26 April 1973	13.1 °C21 January 1973	26.8 °C	2,443 mm	295
1972	40.7 °C5 May 1972	12.8 °C10 February 1972	26.9 °C	2,610 mm	288
1971	39.8 °C8 April 1971	13.1 °C4 February 1971	26.6 °C	2,492 mm	276
1970	41.9 °C21 April 1970	15.0 °C31 January 1970	27.0 °C	2,893 mm	295
1969	42.4 °C5 May 1969	11.9 °C27 January 1969	27.1 °C	2,563 mm	311
1968	40.3 °C24 March 1968	12.9 °C21 January 1968	26.9 °C	2,453 mm	323
1967	39.4 °C4 May 1967	14.1 °C29 January 1967	26.8 °C	2,884 mm	292
1966	39.4 °C2 May 1966	15.0 °C5 January 1966	26.7 °C	2,432 mm	267
1965	41.0 °C30 April 1965	14.5 °C20 January 1965	26.7 °C	3,360 mm	294
1964	39.3 °C19 April 1964	11.7 °C19 January 1964	26.6 °C	2,721 mm	285
1963	40.6 °C25 April 1963	13.6 °C9 February 1963	26.8 °C	2,921 mm	280
1962	39.7 °C9 May 1962	15.1 °C8 December 1962	26.8 °C	2,346 mm	302
1961	40.4 °C26 April 1961	13.9 °C20 January 1961	26.7 °C	2,566 mm	285
1960	39.7 °C25 April 1960	14.1 °C31 January 1960	27.0 °C	2,269 mm	289
1959	39.0 °C2 April 1959	14.3 °C7 February 1959	26.9 °C	2,554 mm	282
1958	40.7 °C25 April 1958	12.5 °C24 December 1958	26.7 °C	2,706 mm	262
1957	39.9 °C13 April 1957	11.4 °C17 February 1957	26.8 °C	2,486 mm	309
1956	38.2 °C7 April 1956	11.0 °C22 January 1956	26.1 °C	2,407 mm	258
1955	38.4 °C4 April 1955	12.7 °C10 February 1955	26.2 °C	2,570 mm	265
1954	39.0 °C23 April 1954	11.5 °C25 January 1954	26.4 °C	2,239 mm	292
1953	35.8 °C15 April 1953	13.9 °C27 January 1953	25.9 °C	3,013 mm	226
1952	39.0 °C8 May 1952	13.2 °C18 January 1952	26.4 °C	3,081 mm	261
1951	38.2 °C9 April 1951	13.9 °C17 February 1951	26.4 °C	2,485 mm	263
1950	39.4 °C28 March 1950	11.5 °C18 January 1950	26.3 °C	2,879 mm	245
1949	36.9 °C6 April 1949	11.1 °C3 January 1949	25.9 °C	2,629 mm	243
1948	37.6 °C22 March 1948	14.3 °C1 January 1948	26.1 °C	2,947 mm	249
1947	37.7 °C7 May 1947	15.1 °C10 December 1947	26.5 °C	2,261 mm	276
1946	39.8 °C11 March 1946	13.6 °C16 January 1946	26.3 °C	2,858 mm	268
1945	38.8 °C1 April 1945	12.0 °C7 February 1945	25.9 °C	2,496 mm	230
1944	38.2 °C8 April 1944	14.8 °C4 February 1944	26.1 °C	2,914 mm	210
1943	38.2 °C7 April 1943	11.3 °C6 February 1943	25.8 °C	2,721 mm	246
1942	38.2 °C4 May 1942	11.8 °C12 February 1942	25.8 °C	2,500 mm	197
1941	39.3 °C4 April 1941	13.7 °C29 December 1941	25.9 °C	2,792 mm	198
1940	38.6 °C11 April 1940	11.9 °C8 January 1940	25.8 °C	2,566 mm	198

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.9 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

329 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2932 mm

+329 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.0 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Feb	34.7 °C	+0.6 °C	14 mm	+10 mm
Mar	37.1 °C	+0.8 °C	2 mm	-7 mm
Apr	36.2 °C	-1.2 °C	121 mm	+82 mm
May	33.5 °C	-0.5 °C	356 mm	+70 mm
Jun	31.6 °C	+0.7 °C	584 mm	+65 mm
Jul	31.0 °C	+0.5 °C	635 mm	+108 mm
Aug	31.4 °C	+1.0 °C	459 mm	-90 mm
Sep	31.0 °C	+0.1 °C	427 mm	+19 mm
Oct	33.2 °C	+1.4 °C	120 mm	-76 mm
Nov	31.1 °C	-0.7 °C	212 mm	+163 mm
Dec	32.2 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.1 °C

3 Apr 2025

Coldest day

16.0 °C

29 Nov 2025

Wettest day

55.6 mm

15 May 2025

Windiest day

24.3 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

57.2 km/h

24 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

25 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.1 °C

29 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kayan?

Kayan has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 2,603 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kayan?

The hottest day measured in Kayan between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 2010, reaching 43.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kayan?

The coldest day measured in Kayan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1956, at 11.0 °C.

Does it snow in Kayan?

Almost never: Kayan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Kayan warmed?

Yes: Kayan warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kayan?

The wettest day measured in Kayan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 1958, with 277 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kayan?

The windiest day measured in Kayan between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 2008, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kayan?

The warmest month in Kayan is April (30.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Kayan?

Kayan receives on average 2,603 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kayan?

Kayan gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kayan?

Yes: Kayan has on average 294 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kayan?

In Kayan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.0 °C on 16 May 2024, and the lowest was 9.5 °C on 26 December 1999.

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