Vietnam Weather – Best Time To Travel

VIETNAM WEATHER – BEST TIME TO TRAVEL

It is obvious that weather is one of the important factors for you make decisions to travel or not. If you are going to Travel to Vietnam, take it easy to make up your mind. The climate of Vietnam is not just steam hot as what you are frequently exposed to the movies. There is always a perfect place for you to stay pleasantly in all year round in this country. Normally, Vietnam falls into the tropic and subtropics but it’s stretching the length and diverse topography allows the country to span several different climate zones. As s result, the weather here is very considerable from seasons and also from region to region.

Northern Patterns

Despite being in the same longitude, the North of Vietnam is mostly cooler than other South East Asian regions. There are two main distinct seasons there. In winter months, it gets colder and colder from November to March and may warmer in April. The average winter temperature is about 17.2°C (62.9°F). Mostly, the mountainous areas (Northwest) are often much colder, its temperature may keep below 10°C (50°F) for a long period of time. Ice and snow sometimes even cover Hoang Lien Son Mountains and close to Sapa town with the lowest record of -3°C (26.6°F) in Feb 2008.

In the summer days (from May to October), the whole region is rather hot. The temperature may go up to 37°C (98.6 °F) in the peaks of June and July. Hanoi and coastal provinces around the Red River Delta generally enjoy the equitable weather with high average humidity (80%) all year round although they may sometimes be subjected to typhoons and heavy rains in late months of summer (September to November).

 In the Northern provinces (from Hai Van Pass toward the north), people identify four seasons with their distinct features: pleasant spring (about March-April) and autumn (October-December), a chilly winter (from December to February) and a hot summer (June – July).

Central Pattern

With two sub-regions, coastal lowlands, and central highlands, the Central Vietnam can be seen as a mixture climatic area of the North and the South. The coastal strip is usually drier and hotter than the rest of the summer since the Truong Son Mountains do not let it enjoy most rainfall of south-western monsoon (April-October). Unprotected costs in their turn make it wet and colder than the rest of winter monsoon season (from November to March). However, storms and typhoons strike this area more frequently than the northern coasts in summer months (from July to November). The Central Highlands, in particular, enjoys nearly double the average rainfall of the country. Two biggest towns in this plateau, Dalat, and Pleiku, are ideally cool throughout the year. On the contrary, near-the-south coastal cities, Quy Nhon, Nha Trang and Phan Thiet experiences steamy hot weather (21°C-32°C / 70°F-90°F) all year round.

Southern Pattern

Merely 8 degrees north of the Equator, the South of Vietnam is typical of humid tropical climate which is outstanding for growing rice. The region’s temperatures experience little differences in a year (around 27-32°C/80-90°F). There are two main seasons: the rainy and the dry. During the rainy/monsoon season (May to November), downpours are expected to happen nearly every afternoon, resulting in occasional street flooding in and around Saigon. In the dry season, it is hot from late February to April then slightly cooler when first downpours come. Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) enjoys rather equitable tropical climate with high humidity all year round. December to March is said to be the most pleasant time to hit this region’s center.

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