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What
is the best time of year to visit Myanmar?
Myanmar can be visited the whole year around. It all
depends on where you are planning to travel.
Officially there are 3 seasons: Hot, Cool and Wet
(Monsoon). The Hottest period is from March to May,
The Monsoon is from the end of May to mid October
and the Cool season is from October to late
February.
During the monsoon it gets very wet in Yangon and
the coastal regions, but in places like Bagan and
Mandalay, it is cool and green with only light
showers for 3 to 4 days in a week. These areas get
only about 20 inches of rain annually compared to
100-200 inches in Yangon.
It is best to visit the hilly northern regions
during the hot season because they will remain
significantly cooler. In the cool season
temperatures can get as low as 0°C!
Although Myanmar is classified as a tropical
country, the northern regions lie above the Tropic
Of Cancer and are in the temperate zone. |
