According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Vietnam is March to April and September to November. Plan 10–15 days.
Best months for Vietnam
- Best months
- March to April and September to November
- How long to stay
- 10–15 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Vietnam is best for
Imperial history in Hue, street food in Hanoi, terraced mountains in Sapa, and karst bays.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Vietnam by month
Monthly averages around Ho Chi Minh City; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 26 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| February | about 28 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| March best | about 30 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| April best | about 31 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| May | about 29 °C | a lot of rain (150 mm) |
| June | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (213 mm) |
| July | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (201 mm) |
| August | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (186 mm) |
| September best | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (189 mm) |
| October best | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (207 mm) |
| November best | about 26 °C | some rain (99 mm) |
| December | about 26 °C | some rain (30 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 Vietnam
- Capital
- Hanoi
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Currency
- Vietnamese Dong (VND)
- Time
- UTC+7
- Plugs
- Type A, C, F, G · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +84
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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