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When to go to Loikaw

Twelve months of averages for Loikaw, and what they say about when to go.

When to go

What the averages say

Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Kayah State at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): March to May.
Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): May to September.
Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): May to December.
The warmest month is April (34°C) and the coolest December (25°C). The wettest is August (250 mm) and the driest February (3 mm); about 1,241 mm of rain falls in a year.

Loikaw: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanMild–warm, dry
FebMild–warm, dry
MarHot
AprHot
MayWet
JunWet
JulWet
AugWet
SeptWet
OctMild–warm, mixed
NovMild–warm, mixed
DecMild–warm, mixed

Month by month

Every month in Loikaw

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Loikaw by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	26°C	12°C	13 mm	63%	23%	5	23°C	Mild to warm and dry
February	29°C	13°C	3 mm	51%	16%	5.8	24°C	Mild to warm and dry
March	32°C	16°C	12 mm	48%	26%	6	27°C	Hot
April	34°C	20°C	46 mm	52%	41%	6.2	31°C	Hot
May	32°C	20°C	166 mm	72%	76%	5.6	35°C	Wet
June	29°C	20°C	171 mm	81%	91%	4.8	37°C	Wet
July	28°C	20°C	231 mm	85%	95%	4.3	39°C	Wet
August	28°C	20°C	250 mm	86%	94%	4.2	39°C	Wet
September	28°C	20°C	182 mm	84%	88%	4.7	37°C	Wet
October	28°C	19°C	125 mm	81%	65%	4.8	34°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
November	27°C	16°C	32 mm	77%	35%	4.8	29°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
December	25°C	12°C	10 mm	73%	29%	4.6	25°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery

The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.

Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

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Travel advice

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Kayah State at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

26°C

12°C

13 mm

63%

23%

23°C

Mild to warm and dry

February

29°C

13°C

3 mm

51%

16%

5.8

24°C

Mild to warm and dry

March

32°C

16°C

12 mm

48%

26%

27°C

Hot

April

34°C

20°C

46 mm

52%

41%

6.2

31°C

Hot

May

32°C

20°C

166 mm

72%

76%

5.6

35°C

Wet

June

29°C

20°C

171 mm

81%

91%

4.8

37°C

Wet

July

28°C

20°C

231 mm

85%

95%

4.3

39°C

Wet

August

28°C

20°C

250 mm

86%

94%

4.2

39°C

Wet

September

28°C

20°C

182 mm

84%

88%

4.7

37°C

Wet

October

28°C

19°C

125 mm

81%

65%

4.8

34°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

November

27°C

16°C

32 mm

77%

35%

4.8

29°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

December

25°C

12°C

10 mm

73%

29%

4.6

25°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery