Sittwe Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Sittwe, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 32°C on May 1 to 31°C on May 31, and lows from 27°C to 28°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 233 mm over about 19 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 31°C
Average low: 28°C
Precipitation: 233 mm
Reanalysis high: 36°CMay 23, 1993
Reanalysis low: 25°CMay 1, 2002
Daylight: 12 h 53 min to 13 h 16 min
Cloud cover: 69%
Humidity: 78%
Dew point: 25°C
Wind: 13.7 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	32°C	27°C	35°C 2007	25°C 2002	35%
May 2	32°C	27°C	34°C 2004	26°C 2002	35%
May 3	32°C	27°C	34°C 2004	26°C 2011	37%
May 4	32°C	27°C	35°C 2004	26°C 1992	39%
May 5	32°C	27°C	35°C 2004	26°C 2017	41%
May 6	32°C	27°C	34°C 2014	26°C 2017	42%
May 7	32°C	27°C	34°C 2004	26°C 2000	43%
May 8	32°C	28°C	34°C 2003	26°C 2020	44%
May 9	32°C	28°C	36°C 2003	26°C 2006	45%
May 10	32°C	28°C	34°C 2003	26°C 1993	46%
May 11	32°C	28°C	34°C 2003	27°C 1992	46%
May 12	31°C	28°C	35°C 1998	26°C 1999	48%
May 13	31°C	28°C	36°C 1998	26°C 2001	50%
May 14	31°C	28°C	36°C 1998	26°C 2001	53%
May 15	31°C	28°C	34°C 1998	26°C 2002	56%
May 16	31°C	28°C	34°C 1998	27°C 1993	58%
May 17	31°C	28°C	35°C 2010	26°C 1993	60%
May 18	31°C	28°C	34°C 2005	27°C 2007	62%
May 19	31°C	28°C	34°C 2005	27°C 1993	63%
May 20	31°C	28°C	34°C 1996	27°C 1997	65%
May 21	31°C	28°C	34°C 1996	26°C 1997	66%
May 22	31°C	28°C	33°C 2009	26°C 2000	68%
May 23	31°C	28°C	36°C 1993	26°C 1997	70%
May 24	31°C	28°C	35°C 1993	26°C 1997	70%
May 25	31°C	28°C	33°C 1993	26°C 1997	70%
May 26	31°C	28°C	33°C 2014	26°C 1997	71%
May 27	31°C	28°C	33°C 1993	26°C 1997	72%
May 28	31°C	28°C	33°C 1993	26°C 1997	72%
May 29	31°C	28°C	33°C 2003	26°C 1997	73%
May 30	31°C	28°C	34°C 2003	26°C 1997	73%
May 31	31°C	28°C	33°C 2003	26°C 1997	74%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+6:30).

May 1: sunrise 5:49 AM, sunset 6:42 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:38 AM, sunset 6:54 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.