Climate
Dawei features an extreme tropical monsoon climate, similar to Sittwe further northwest. There is a substantial dry season from December to April, but in the wet season the influence of local mountains causes Dawei to receive as much as 1,300 millimetres (51 in) per month. Apart from the Chocó region of Colombia, and the area around Mount Cameroon in Africa, it is possibly the wettest lowland tropical region in the world.
| Climate data for Dawei | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.18 (88.12) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 18.2 (64.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
22.03 (71.65) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 7 (0.28) |
30 (1.18) |
18 (0.71) |
76 (2.99) |
517 (20.35) |
1200 (47.24) |
1172 (46.14) |
1342 (52.83) |
767 (30.2) |
322 (12.68) |
44 (1.73) |
5 (0.2) |
5,500 (216.54) |
| Source: HKO | |||||||||||||
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