Bắc Ninh climate
Bắc Ninh is warmest in June, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. August is the wettest month (359 mm) and February the driest (28 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Bắc Ninh averages 1,878 mm of rain and 252 days above 25 °C.
Vietnam · population 287,658 · 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 June 32 °C
- Coldest month January 13 °C
- Driest month February 28 mm
- Wettest month August 359 mm
- Least cloud October 56 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 39 °C
- Coldest on record December 3.8 °C
What to expectBắc Ninh through the year
Bắc Ninh has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 32 °C in June, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 252 days a year reach 25 °C, 142 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 359 mm against 28 mm in February — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5 °C | 39 mm | 79 % |
| February | 21.6 °C | 28 mm | 81 % |
| March | 24.7 °C | 56 mm | 81 % |
| April | 28.6 °C | 97 mm | 74 % |
| May | 31.0 °C | 260 mm | 76 % |
| June | 32.4 °C | 284 mm | 88 % |
| July | 32.3 °C | 313 mm | 85 % |
| August | 31.5 °C | 359 mm | 82 % |
| September | 30.4 °C | 240 mm | 70 % |
| October | 28.4 °C | 111 mm | 56 % |
| November | 25.1 °C | 57 mm | 58 % |
| December | 21.0 °C | 34 mm | 65 % |
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 | 19.5 °C | 13.0 °C | 16.2 °C | 29.7 °C | 4.5 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 21.6 °C | 14.7 °C | 18.0 °C | 34.2 °C | 4.7 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 24.7 °C | 17.8 °C | 21.0 °C | 36.8 °C | 8.2 °C | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| April | 28.6 °C | 21.6 °C | 24.7 °C | 37.4 °C | 11.9 °C | 25 | 11 | 0 |
| May | 31.0 °C | 24.2 °C | 27.2 °C | 38.5 °C | 16.0 °C | 30 | 21 | 0 |
| June | 32.4 °C | 25.9 °C | 28.8 °C | 37.9 °C | 19.4 °C | 30 | 26 | 0 |
| July | 32.3 °C | 26.0 °C | 28.7 °C | 37.8 °C | 21.8 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| August | 31.5 °C | 25.3 °C | 27.9 °C | 36.4 °C | 21.4 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| September | 30.4 °C | 23.9 °C | 26.7 °C | 35.3 °C | 16.7 °C | 29 | 19 | 0 |
| October | 28.4 °C | 21.3 °C | 24.5 °C | 33.7 °C | 11.2 °C | 27 | 9 | 0 |
| November | 25.1 °C | 17.6 °C | 21.2 °C | 32.3 °C | 7.3 °C | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 21.0 °C | 13.6 °C | 17.3 °C | 30.3 °C | 3.8 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 79 % | 74 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 28 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 81 % | 76 % | 13 km/h |
| March | 56 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 81 % | 79 % | 14 km/h |
| April | 97 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 74 % | 80 % | 15 km/h |
| May | 260 mm | 18 | 13 h/day | 76 % | 81 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 284 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 81 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 313 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 85 % | 82 % | 12 km/h |
| August | 359 mm | 24 | 13 h/day | 82 % | 86 % | 11 km/h |
| September | 240 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 70 % | 83 % | 11 km/h |
| October | 111 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 77 % | 12 km/h |
| November | 57 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 58 % | 74 % | 13 km/h |
| December | 34 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 65 % | 71 % | 13 km/h |
How Bắc Ninh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bắc Ninh | 32 °C | 13 °C | 1,878 mm | 252 |
| Bắc Giang · Vietnam | 32 °C | 13 °C | 1,873 mm | 248 |
| Long Bien · Vietnam | 32 °C | 13 °C | 1,824 mm | 251 |
| Hanoi · Vietnam | 33 °C | 13 °C | 1,730 mm | 251 |
| Phổ Yên · Vietnam | 32 °C | 13 °C | 1,966 mm | 244 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bắc Ninh.
QuestionsCommon questions about Bắc Ninh’s climate
When is the best time to visit Bắc Ninh?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Bắc Ninh get?
In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 142 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Bắc Ninh?
August, averaging 359 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is February with 28 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,878 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 Bắc Ninh 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
- 21.186°, 106.076° (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.