Yangon in December: Weather, Average temperature and Climate

Yangon is typically hot in December.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +90°F to +88°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +73°F to +68°F.

Make sure that you pack your summer linen and swimming costumes; it’s probably going to be hot.

Take a look at how December is compared to other months in Yangon:

December often has better weather than November. It’s getting colder in December. From +90°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +88°F. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 44 mm to 4 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 79% to 73%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 1 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in December, from 10 to 17.

January brings much the same weather, it remains great.

The climate in Yangon in December has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1982 (+90°F) and the highest in 1998 (+93°F). The driest year was 1998 with only 1657 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2008 with 2940 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Yangon, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.