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Thongwa, Myanmar

Yangon · Myanmar

Thongwa is a mid-size city in Yangon, Myanmar with a population of 52,496. Elevation: 33 ft (10 m). Average temperature: 81°F (27°C).

52,496 Population 150/sq mi density
33 ft Elevation 10 meters
81°F Avg Temperature 27°C
129.1 in Annual Rain
Asia / Yangon Timezone

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About Thongwa

Thongwa

Thongwa Township is a township of the Thanlyin District in Yangon Region, Myanmar. It is located by the Gulf of Martaban in the southeastern part of the region.

People

Population52,496
Density150/mi²

Climate

Avg Temp81°F (27°C)
Rain129.1 in/yr
Sunny Days194/yr
Elevation33 ft (10 m)
Population52,496
Population Density150 / sq mi
Elevation33 ft (10 m)
Coordinates16.7600°, 96.5250°
TimezoneAsia/Yangon
Country🇲🇲 Myanmar
State / ProvinceYangon
Average Temperature81°F (27°C)
January Average76°F (25°C)
July Average80°F (27°C)
Annual Precipitation129.1 inches (3,279 mm)
Annual Snowfall0.0 inches (0 cm)

About Thongwa

Thongwa is a mid-size city in Myanmar (Yangon) with a population of 52,496. The city sits at an elevation of 33 feet (10 meters) above sea level. The average annual temperature is 81°F (27°C). Temperatures range from 76°F in January to 80°F in July. Annual precipitation averages 129.1 inches. The timezone is Asia/Yangon.

Climate in Thongwa

Thongwa has an average annual temperature of 27.9°C (82°F). The hottest month is Apr (32.3°C), the coldest is Dec (25.1°C). Average annual precipitation is 1988 mm.

Month Avg °C / °F Min / Max °C Rain (mm)
Jan 25.4°C / 78°F 14.9° / 35.2° 12.3
Feb 27.3°C / 81°F 16° / 38.4° 8.6
Mar 30.9°C / 88°F 20° / 41.7° 10.0
Apr 32.3°C / 90°F 23.3° / 42.3° 75.7
May 30.6°C / 87°F 25° / 40.6° 222.1
Jun 28°C / 82°F 23.8° / 34.2° 277.4
Jul 27.4°C / 81°F 23.9° / 32.5° 399.5
Aug 27°C / 81°F 23.5° / 31.7° 419.6
Sep 27°C / 81°F 23.7° / 32° 366.1
Oct 27.2°C / 81°F 23.2° / 32.3° 153.5
Nov 26.5°C / 80°F 19.7° / 32.6° 39.6
Dec 25.1°C / 77°F 16.4° / 33.2° 3.8
Thongwa has a warm climate with an average annual temperature of 81°F (27°C). Winters average 76°F in January while summers reach 80°F in July / relatively mild seasonal variation. The area gets 194 sunny days per year. Annual precipitation totals 129.1 inches (wetter than the 38-inch national average). The city sits at an elevation of 33 feet, near sea level.

Temperature

76°F Jan (25°C) 80°F Jul (27°C)
Annual Average81.1°F
50% above Myanmar avg
January Average76°F (25°C)
July Average80°F (27°C)
Sunny Days194 days/yr

Geography

Elevation33 ft (10 m)
Area349.7 sq mi (905.7 km²)
Population Density150/sq mi
Coordinates16.7600°N, 96.5250°W
TimezoneAsia/Yangon

Precipitation & Snow

Annual Rainfall 129.1"
240% above Myanmar avg
Snowfall 0.0"
Wettest Month (Aug) 27.09"
Driest Month (Feb) 0.04"

Air Quality

Earthquake History

71 earthquakes (M2.5+) within 150 km since 1990. Strongest: M6.1. Most recent: M4.6 on Aug 21, 2025.

May 16, 1995 28 km WSW of Nyaunglebin, Myanmar M6.1 127 km
Apr 1, 1991 60 km S of Pyapon, Myanmar M6.0 141 km
Aug 19, 1994 32 km W of Nyaunglebin, Myanmar M5.8 136 km
Sep 17, 2004 56 km SSE of Pyapon, Myanmar M5.7 126 km
Apr 1, 1991 48 km S of Pyapon, Myanmar M5.4 135 km
Mar 5, 2009 85 km SSE of Pyapon, Myanmar M5.1 143 km
Mar 4, 2025 15 km S of Nyaungdon, Burma (Myanmar) M5.1 97 km
Mar 13, 2017 36 km SE of Tharyarwady, Myanmar M5.1 90 km
Jan 21, 2009 80 km SSE of Pyapon, Myanmar M5.0 134 km
Apr 26, 2007 97 km SSE of Pyapon, Myanmar M4.9 143 km
Jun 22, 2023 112 km SSE of Pyapon, Myanmar M4.9 150 km
Sep 23, 2023 38 km N of Yangon, Myanmar M4.8 62 km
Jun 7, 2023 20 km SSW of Nyaungdon, Myanmar M4.8 105 km
Jun 18, 2019 41 km ENE of Letpandan, Myanmar M4.8 133 km
Apr 30, 2005 75 km SE of Pyapon, Myanmar M4.7 110 km
Aug 30, 2025 119 km SE of Pyapon, Burma (Myanmar) M4.7 150 km
Mar 4, 2025 6 km NE of Maubin, Burma (Myanmar) M4.7 88 km
May 31, 2014 9 km NNW of Kyaiklat, Myanmar M4.7 94 km
Feb 21, 2007 31 km SSE of Tharyarwady, Myanmar M4.6 96 km
Mar 2, 2009 77 km SSE of Pyapon, Myanmar M4.6 140 km
Source: USGS (M2.5+, 1990–2025)

Hurricane History

3 hurricanes (Cat 1+) within 500 km since 1980. Strongest: Category 4. Most recent: Nargis (2008).

Year Name Category Closest
2008 Nargis Category 4 56 km
2006 Mala Category 3 221 km
1982 Unnamed Category 3 99 km
Source: NOAA IBTrACS (Cat 1+, 1980–2026)

Tsunami History

1 tsunami recorded within 500 km. Highest wave on record: 1.1 m (3 ft).

Year Location Cause Max Wave Deaths Distance
1930 MYANMAR COAST Earthquake 1.1 m 500 109 km
Source: NOAA/NCEI Historical Tsunami Database. Sorted by wave height.

Monthly Weather

Month Avg Temperature Precipitation Summary
January 76°F (25°C) 0.1 in Coldest
February 79°F (26°C) 0.0 in Driest
March 84°F (29°C) 0.5 in
April 87°F (31°C) 1.2 in Warmest
May 85°F (29°C) 16.2 in
June 81°F (27°C) 24.5 in
July 80°F (27°C) 26.9 in
August 80°F (27°C) 27.1 in Wettest
September 80°F (27°C) 19.7 in
October 82°F (28°C) 9.0 in
November 81°F (27°C) 3.2 in
December 77°F (25°C) 0.6 in

Thongwa has a seasonal temperature swing of 11°F / from 76°F in January to 87°F in April. Total annual precipitation is 129.1 inches, with August being the wettest month (27.1") and February the driest (0.0").

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Schools in Thongwa

6 public schools (NCES 2022-23 data).

School Level Enrollment Teachers Student/Teacher
အခြေခံပညာ မူလတန်းကျောင်း လက်ပန်ကျေးရွာ
No.2 BEHS
အေျခခံပညာမူလတန္းလြန္ေက်ာင္း နန္းခလဲေက်းရြာ
အ.ထ.က (၁)
အခြေခံပညာ အလယ်တန်းကျောင်း လက်ပန်ကျေးရွာ
လက္ပန္ အေနာက္ အ.မ.က ေက်ာင္း
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Radio Stations near Thongwa

1 stations within ~55 km.

Station Genre Quality
Cherry FM music pop, music variety MP3 112 kbps

Farmers Markets in Thongwa

NameAddressSeasonHoursOrganicWebsite
တာဝဈေး
ထားမလုံဈေး
သုံးခွ မြို့မဈေး

Restaurants in Thongwa

1 restaurants within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

Myanmar Beer Garden

Cafes in Thongwa

1 cafes within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

ဦးကရင် ဘိလိယက်နှင့် အသုပ်စုံ

Clinics in Thongwa

1 clinics within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

Private Clinic

Bus Stations in Thongwa

2 bus stations within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

Bus Station
MM #4438708689

Gas Stations in Thongwa

3 gas stations within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

Apex Petrol Station (Thonegwa)
Galaxy
MM #614768287

Banks in Thongwa

1 banks within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

Myanmar Economic Bank

Airports Near Thongwa

2 airports within the area.

AirportIATAType
Yangon International AirportRGNLarge Airport
Hmawbi Air BaseSmall Airport

Churches & Religious Organizations in Thongwa

9 religious organizations (IRS tax-exempt data).

NameAddress
Pagoda
ကံဦးကျောင်းတိုက်
နန်းခလဲ ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း
မာဃရတနာကျောင်းတိုက် (လက်ပန်အနောက် ကျောင်းလေး)
ရှစ်မျက်နှာစေတီတော်
ရိပ္သာ
လက္ပန္အေနာက္ ေက်ာင္းေလး
လက္ပန္အေရွ႔ေက်ာင္းၾကီး
အသောကာရုံကျောင်းတိုက် (လက်ပန်အရှေ့ ကျောင်းကြီး)

Quick Facts

Timezone
Asia/Yangon
Elevation
10 m (33 ft)

Things to See Near Thongwa

1 places within 15 km

🏰 Castles (1)
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🇲🇲 About Myanmar

Capital Nay Pyi Taw
Population 53,708,395
Area 678,500 km²
GDP (USD) $66,757,619,000
GDP per capita $1,233
HDI 0.585
Life expectancy 66.9 years
Internet users 58.5%
Urban population 30.4%
Currency MMK (Kyat)
Languages Burmese
Calling code +95
TLD .mm
Driving side right

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Frequently Asked Questions About Thongwa

What is the population of Thongwa?

Thongwa has a population of 52,496 residents and is located in Myanmar. The population density is 150 people per square mile, spread across 349.7 square miles.

What is the weather like in Thongwa?

Thongwa has a warm climate with an average annual temperature of 81°F (27°C). Winter temperatures average 76°F in January, while summers reach an average of 80°F in July. The area receives 194 sunny days per year. Annual rainfall totals 129.1 inches.

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