According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Myanmar is November to February. Plan 10 days.
Best months for Myanmar
- Best months
- November to February
- How long to stay
- 10 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Myanmar is best for
Ancient Buddhist temples in Bagan, stilt villages at Inle Lake, and Yangon's gilded Shwedagon Pagoda.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Myanmar by month
Monthly averages around Naypyidaw; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 23 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| February best | about 25 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| March | about 28 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| April | about 31 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| May | about 30 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| June | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (108 mm) |
| July | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (147 mm) |
| August | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (138 mm) |
| September | about 27 °C | some rain (90 mm) |
| October | about 27 °C | some rain (87 mm) |
| November best | about 26 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| December best | about 24 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Myanmar
- Capital
- Naypyidaw
- Language
- Burmese
- Currency
- Myanmar Kyat (MMK)
- Time
- UTC+6:30
- Plugs
- Type C, F, G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +95
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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