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Satellite view of Ngapali Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Ngapali Beach

MyanmarRakhine · Myanmar · Bay of Bengal

18.4450, 94.3146 · Ngapali, 1 km

  • 30°Sea · May
  • 32°High · April
  • 9.9 hSunshine · February
The dot marks Ngapali Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Ngapali Beach in October

  • 30°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 30°CSea temperature
  • 6.6 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month126 mm in total
  • 6 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 48Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Ngapali Beach ↗
  • 2 kmAirport: Thandwe Airport (SNW)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 30.0 °C — 0.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.5 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaMay and October30 °C
Most sunshineFebruary and March10 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February1 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°9 h7 mm
  2. Feb27°10 h1 mm
  3. Mar27°10 h8 mm
  4. Apr29°10 h25 mm
  5. May30°6 h119 mm
  6. Jun29°3 h265 mm
  7. Jul29°2 h347 mm
  8. Aug28°2 h264 mm
  9. Sep29°4 h177 mm
  10. Oct30°7 h126 mm
  11. Nov29°8 h21 mm
  12. Dec28°9 h9 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 27°Mar: 27°Apr: 29°May: 30°Jun: 29°Jul: 29°Aug: 28°Sep: 29°Oct: 30°Nov: 29°Dec: 28°30°27°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 °C (High 28° / Low 17°)Feb: 24 °C (High 30° / Low 18°)Mar: 26 °C (High 32° / Low 20°)Apr: 28 °C (High 32° / Low 23°)May: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 25°)Jun: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Jul: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Sep: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Oct: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 24°)Nov: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 22°)Dec: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 19°)28°23°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mm300 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7 mmFeb: 1 mm1Mar: 8 mmApr: 25 mmMay: 119 mmJun: 265 mmJul: 347 mm347Aug: 264 mmSep: 177 mmOct: 126 mmNov: 21 mmDec: 9 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.2 hFeb: 9.9 h9.9Mar: 9.8 hApr: 9.5 hMay: 6.3 hJun: 2.6 hJul: 2.1 h2.1Aug: 2.3 hSep: 4.5 hOct: 6.6 hNov: 8.4 hDec: 8.7 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Ngapali Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Ngapali Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January281727719.28
February301827109.98
March322027819.88
April3223292539.58
Maywarmest sea312530119136.38
June302529265182.611
July282429347182.112
August282428264192.311
September292429177164.58
October302430126126.66
November3022292138.46
December281928918.77

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Ngapali Beach: Pleasant Beach (198273017)
Photo: Víctor Iniesta · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Ngapali Beach: Grilled Rock Prawn
Photo: Naing Linn Aung 2018 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Ngapali Beach: Burmese cuisine banner
Photo: Naing Linn Aung 2018 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER9 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.19 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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