Yawnghwe
City in Myanmar: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Nyaung Shwe-08-Kanal-gje: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Yawnghwe is a city in Myanmar, in Shan State. About 188,083 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Myanmar in our atlas.
It lies at 20.66° N, 96.93° E, about 892 m (2,927 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Yangon time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Yawnghwe. Green dots: other major cities of Myanmar. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Yawnghwe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 10°C (51°F). Around 669 mm (26 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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.
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- Nay Pyi Taw · 131 km
- Amarapura · 166 km
- Mandalay · 171 km
- Monywa · 246 km
- Bago · 372 km
- Kalemyo · 410 km
- Insein · 427 km
- Hlaingthaya · 432 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1285693 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q652202 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Nyaung Shwe-08-Kanal-gje: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)