Bago
City in Myanmar: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Bago 03: Go-Myanmar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bago is a city in Myanmar, in Bago Region. About 244,376 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Myanmar in our atlas.
It lies at 17.34° N, 96.48° E, about 18 m (59 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Yangon time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bago. Green dots: other major cities of Myanmar. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bago has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 40°C (104°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (63°F). Around 1,010 mm (40 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in MyanmarNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Insein · 64 km
- Yangon · 68 km
- Hlaingthaya · 70 km
- Mawlamyine · 153 km
- Pathein · 195 km
- Nay Pyi Taw · 270 km
- Yawnghwe · 372 km
- Amarapura · 510 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1300466 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q800122 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Bago 03: Go-Myanmar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)