Pyinmana is a logging town and sugarcane refinery center in the Naypyidaw Union Territory of Myanmar. The administrative capital of Myanmar was officially moved to a militarized greenfield site (which the leader, Than Shwe, dubbed Naypyidaw, or Royal City) two miles (3.2 km) west of Pyinmana on November 6, 2005. As of 2014, the city has an urban population of 72,010.
During World War II, Pyinmana was the base of the Burma Independence Army (later renamed and reorganized into the Burma Defence Army by the Japanese).
Climate
Pyinmana has a tropical savanna climate with a dry winter (Köppen-Geiger climate type Aw). This means that it has a clear wet season and a clear dry season.3
| Climate data for Pyinmana (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.6(88.9) | 34.5(94.1) | 37.4(99.3) | 38.8(101.8) | 36.1(97.0) | 32.7(90.9) | 31.5(88.7) | 31.3(88.3) | 32.6(90.7) | 33.3(91.9) | 32.5(90.5) | 31.0(87.8) | 33.6(92.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.3(73.9) | 25.5(77.9) | 29.0(84.2) | 31.6(88.9) | 30.5(86.9) | 28.5(83.3) | 27.8(82.0) | 27.7(81.9) | 28.3(82.9) | 28.4(83.1) | 26.5(79.7) | 23.7(74.7) | 27.6(81.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.0(59.0) | 16.4(61.5) | 20.6(69.1) | 24.3(75.7) | 24.8(76.6) | 24.3(75.7) | 24.1(75.4) | 24.0(75.2) | 24.1(75.4) | 23.5(74.3) | 20.5(68.9) | 16.5(61.7) | 21.5(70.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.9(0.19) | 5.2(0.20) | 5.7(0.22) | 33.7(1.33) | 151.6(5.97) | 215.5(8.48) | 230.9(9.09) | 273.1(10.75) | 177.9(7.00) | 160.1(6.30) | 38.9(1.53) | 9.2(0.36) | 1,306.6(51.44) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 10.1 | 17.0 | 18.9 | 21.2 | 14.7 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 100.5 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization4 | |||||||||||||
Notable residents
- Bo Let Ya, (1911-1978) Army general
See also
19°45′N 96°12′E / 19.750°N 96.200°E / 19.750; 96.200
References
"Pyinmana (Township, Myanmar) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-04-03. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/myanmar/admin/detkhina/150201__pyinmana/ ↩
McGirk, Jan (November 8, 2005). Burma's rulers take the road to Mandalay[dead link]. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/burmas-rulers-take-the-road-to-mandalay-514353.html ↩
"Climate and Weather Averages in Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar". Nomad Season. Retrieved March 30, 2025. https://nomadseason.com/climate/myanmar/nay-pyi-taw/pyinmana.html ↩
"World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 16 October 2023. https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Myanmar/CSV/Pyinmana_48074.csv ↩