Located in the "Dry Valley" of central Myanmar in the
rain shadow of the
Arakan Mountains, Chauk has a borderline
hot semi-arid climate (
Köppen BSh), being a little too dry to qualify as a
tropical savanna climate (
Aw) due to the extreme heat and high potential
evapotranspiration. Unlike most monsoonal semi-arid climates, the rainy season in the "Dry Valley" is relatively long at around five to seven months, while variability and extreme monthly and daily rainfalls are much lower than usual with this type of climate. ==Earthquake==