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Where to stay in Bago Region

This guide covers 3 destinations in Bago Region, a first-level administrative division of Myanmar, with 2 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Bago, Pyay and Taungoo. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Nay Pyi Taw International Airport (NYT).

Destinations in this guide
3
Places to stay
2
Main airport
NYTNay Pyi Taw International Airport
Currency
MMKkyat
Time zone
Asia/Yangon

Destinations

Destinations in Bago Region

Every destination in this guide in Bago Region, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Bago284,1792RGN · 62 km
Pyay134,861SNW · 104 km
Taungoo108,569NYT · 81 km

Where to stay

Hotels in Bago Region

2 hotels in Bago Region recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

HotelWhereTypeOpenedWebsite
Jade Garden HotelBagohotel
Kanbawza Hinthar HotelBagohotel

When to go

Best time to visit Bago Region

From the climate of 3 destinations in Bago Region with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 331 °C5 mm
February0 of 334 °C1 mm
March0 of 337 °C5 mm
April0 of 338 °C24 mm
May0 of 335 °C198 mm
June0 of 331 °C411 mm
July0 of 330 °C601 mm
August0 of 330 °C426 mm
September0 of 331 °C334 mm
October0 of 332 °C170 mm
November0 of 332 °C47 mm
December0 of 331 °C5 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving Bago Region

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Bago Region name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

large airport · Naypyitaw

NYT · Nay Pyi Taw International Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 2 destinations81 km from the closest
large airport · Yangon

RGN · Yangon International Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 1 destination62 km from the closest
medium airport · Thandwe

SNW · Thandwe Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 1 destination104 km from the closest
medium airport · Loikaw

LIW · Loikaw Airport

Named by 1 destination118 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Bago Region, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Myanmar

1 Jan · New Year's Day4 Jan · Independence Day12 Feb · Union Day17 Feb · Chinese New Year2 Mar · Full Moon Day of Tabaung2 Mar · Peasants' Day27 Mar · Armed Forces Day13 Apr · Myanmar New Year14 Apr · Myanmar New Year15 Apr · Myanmar New Year16 Apr · Myanmar New Year17 Apr · Myanmar New Year18 Apr · Myanmar New Year19 Apr · Myanmar New Year20 Apr · Myanmar New Year21 Apr · Myanmar New Year30 Apr · Full Moon Day of Kason1 May · May Day28 May · Eid al-Adha (estimated)19 Jul · Martyrs' Day29 Jul · Full Moon Day of Waso25 Oct · Thadingyut Holidays26 Oct · Thadingyut Holidays27 Oct · Thadingyut Holidays10 Nov · Diwali24 Nov · Full Moon Day of Tazaungmon4 Dec · National Day25 Dec · Christmas Day

Nearby

Regions near Bago Region

Other regions of Myanmar with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Myanmar travel guide · All regions of Myanmar

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.