According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Laos is November to April. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Laos
- Best months
- November to April
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Laos is best for
Explore Luang Prabang's Buddhist temples, limestone karsts in Vang Vieng, and waterfalls in the Bolaven Plateau.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Laos by month
Monthly averages around Vientiane; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 21 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| February best | about 25 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| March best | about 28 °C | some rain (33 mm) |
| April best | about 30 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| May | about 29 °C | a lot of rain (162 mm) |
| June | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (171 mm) |
| July | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (195 mm) |
| August | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (237 mm) |
| September | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (204 mm) |
| October | about 25 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| November best | about 23 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| December best | about 21 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Laos
- Capital
- Vientiane
- Language
- Lao
- Currency
- Laotian Kip (LAK)
- Time
- UTC+7
- Plugs
- Type A, B, C, E, F · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +856
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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