Bạc Liêu climate
Bạc Liêu is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. October is the wettest month (324 mm) and February the driest (9.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Bạc Liêu averages 1,999 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.
Vietnam · population 156,110 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month April 32 °C
- Coldest month January 23 °C
- Driest month February 10 mm
- Wettest month October 324 mm
- Least cloud March 52 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 35 °C
- Coldest on record December 17 °C
- Warmest sea May 30 °C
What to expectBạc Liêu through the year
Bạc Liêu changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 32 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 157 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 324 mm against 10 mm in February — 33 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Bạc Liêu is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January at 26 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8 °C | 22 mm | 63 % |
| February | 29.7 °C | 10 mm | 56 % |
| March | 30.8 °C | 38 mm | 52 % |
| April | 31.7 °C | 76 mm | 54 % |
| May | 31.2 °C | 210 mm | 77 % |
| June | 30.1 °C | 255 mm | 84 % |
| July | 29.5 °C | 257 mm | 84 % |
| August | 29.6 °C | 244 mm | 84 % |
| September | 29.5 °C | 276 mm | 86 % |
| October | 29.3 °C | 324 mm | 82 % |
| November | 29.1 °C | 190 mm | 73 % |
| December | 28.5 °C | 97 mm | 73 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8 °C | 23.4 °C | 25.7 °C | 32.9 °C | 18.6 °C | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| February | 29.7 °C | 23.9 °C | 26.2 °C | 32.8 °C | 20.3 °C | 28 | 11 | 0 |
| March | 30.8 °C | 24.9 °C | 27.3 °C | 33.6 °C | 20.8 °C | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| April | 31.7 °C | 25.8 °C | 28.3 °C | 34.7 °C | 22.9 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| May | 31.2 °C | 25.9 °C | 28.1 °C | 35.2 °C | 23.8 °C | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| June | 30.1 °C | 25.4 °C | 27.3 °C | 33.4 °C | 22.8 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| July | 29.5 °C | 25.1 °C | 26.8 °C | 32.1 °C | 23.4 °C | 31 | 10 | 0 |
| August | 29.6 °C | 25.0 °C | 26.8 °C | 32.7 °C | 23.4 °C | 31 | 11 | 0 |
| September | 29.5 °C | 24.7 °C | 26.6 °C | 32.9 °C | 22.5 °C | 30 | 11 | 0 |
| October | 29.3 °C | 24.4 °C | 26.3 °C | 32.0 °C | 21.8 °C | 31 | 8 | 0 |
| November | 29.1 °C | 24.3 °C | 26.4 °C | 31.9 °C | 20.8 °C | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| December | 28.5 °C | 23.6 °C | 25.8 °C | 31.9 °C | 17.3 °C | 30 | 3 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 63 % | 77 % | 23 km/h | 26.0 °C |
| February | 10 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 75 % | 23 km/h | 26.1 °C |
| March | 38 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 52 % | 75 % | 22 km/h | 27.5 °C |
| April | 76 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 54 % | 76 % | 19 km/h | 29.3 °C |
| May | 210 mm | 25 | 13 h/day | 77 % | 81 % | 18 km/h | 30.2 °C |
| June | 255 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 84 % | 84 % | 19 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| July | 257 mm | 29 | 13 h/day | 84 % | 85 % | 20 km/h | 29.0 °C |
| August | 244 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 85 % | 21 km/h | 28.8 °C |
| September | 276 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 86 % | 85 % | 20 km/h | 28.8 °C |
| October | 324 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 82 % | 86 % | 17 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| November | 190 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 73 % | 83 % | 20 km/h | 28.1 °C |
| December | 97 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 73 % | 80 % | 22 km/h | 26.8 °C |
How Bạc Liêu compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bạc Liêu | 32 °C | 23 °C | 1,999 mm | 364 |
| Vĩnh Châu · Vietnam | 31 °C | 24 °C | 1,940 mm | 364 |
| Sóc Trăng · Vietnam | 32 °C | 23 °C | 1,932 mm | 364 |
| Cà Mau · Vietnam | 33 °C | 23 °C | 2,430 mm | 364 |
| Cần Thơ · Vietnam | 33 °C | 22 °C | 1,858 mm | 364 |
| Trà Vinh · Vietnam | 32 °C | 23 °C | 2,064 mm | 364 |
| Rạch Giá · Vietnam | 33 °C | 22 °C | 1,978 mm | 364 |
Where Bạc Liêu ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Best beach destinations in Asia in February | 26th of 50 | 97/100 |
| Best beach destinations in Asia in January | 33rd of 50 | 98/100 |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May | 33rd of 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May | 35th of 50 | 30 °C |
| Best beach destinations in the world in February | 39th of 50 | 97/100 |
| Best beach destinations in the world in January | 44th of 50 | 98/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bạc Liêu.
QuestionsCommon questions about Bạc Liêu’s climate
When is the best time to visit Bạc Liêu?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Bạc Liêu get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 157 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 23 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Bạc Liêu?
October, averaging 324 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,999 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bạc Liêu rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 9.294°, 105.728° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.