Cà Mau climate
Cà Mau is warmest in April, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. October is the wettest month (412 mm) and February the driest (20 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Cà Mau averages 2,430 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.
Vietnam · population 226,372 · 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 33 °C
- Coldest month January 23 °C
- Driest month February 20 mm
- Wettest month October 412 mm
- Least cloud March 54 % cloud
- Hottest on record March 37 °C
- Coldest on record December 16 °C
What to expectCà Mau through the year
Cà Mau changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 30 and 33 °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, 242 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in March.
Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 412 mm against 20 mm in February — 20 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2 °C | 34 mm | 65 % |
| February | 31.7 °C | 20 mm | 58 % |
| March | 32.8 °C | 60 mm | 54 % |
| April | 33.0 °C | 121 mm | 58 % |
| May | 32.0 °C | 257 mm | 80 % |
| June | 30.7 °C | 290 mm | 86 % |
| July | 30.1 °C | 303 mm | 86 % |
| August | 30.1 °C | 287 mm | 86 % |
| September | 29.9 °C | 336 mm | 88 % |
| October | 29.8 °C | 412 mm | 85 % |
| November | 29.8 °C | 207 mm | 75 % |
| December | 29.4 °C | 103 mm | 74 % |
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 | 30.2 °C | 22.5 °C | 25.8 °C | 34.4 °C | 17.5 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| February | 31.7 °C | 23.1 °C | 26.6 °C | 35.2 °C | 19.3 °C | 28 | 25 | 0 |
| March | 32.8 °C | 24.1 °C | 27.7 °C | 37.3 °C | 20.0 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| April | 33.0 °C | 24.9 °C | 28.3 °C | 36.9 °C | 21.7 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| May | 32.0 °C | 25.2 °C | 27.9 °C | 37.2 °C | 23.0 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| June | 30.7 °C | 24.8 °C | 27.1 °C | 33.5 °C | 22.9 °C | 30 | 21 | 0 |
| July | 30.1 °C | 24.5 °C | 26.7 °C | 32.7 °C | 23.0 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| August | 30.1 °C | 24.5 °C | 26.7 °C | 32.6 °C | 22.7 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| September | 29.9 °C | 24.2 °C | 26.4 °C | 32.8 °C | 22.7 °C | 30 | 15 | 0 |
| October | 29.8 °C | 23.7 °C | 26.0 °C | 32.0 °C | 20.6 °C | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| November | 29.8 °C | 23.4 °C | 26.0 °C | 31.8 °C | 19.4 °C | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| December | 29.4 °C | 22.7 °C | 25.6 °C | 33.2 °C | 16.0 °C | 30 | 11 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 76 % | 17 km/h |
| February | 20 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 58 % | 73 % | 18 km/h |
| March | 60 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 54 % | 73 % | 17 km/h |
| April | 121 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 58 % | 76 % | 14 km/h |
| May | 257 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 80 % | 82 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 290 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 86 % | 85 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 303 mm | 30 | 13 h/day | 86 % | 86 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 287 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 86 % | 86 % | 17 km/h |
| September | 336 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 88 % | 87 % | 16 km/h |
| October | 412 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 88 % | 13 km/h |
| November | 207 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 85 % | 14 km/h |
| December | 103 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 74 % | 80 % | 16 km/h |
How Cà Mau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cà Mau | 33 °C | 23 °C | 2,430 mm | 364 |
| Bạc Liêu · Vietnam | 32 °C | 23 °C | 1,999 mm | 364 |
| Vĩnh Châu · Vietnam | 31 °C | 24 °C | 1,940 mm | 364 |
| Rạch Giá · Vietnam | 33 °C | 22 °C | 1,978 mm | 364 |
| Sóc Trăng · Vietnam | 32 °C | 23 °C | 1,932 mm | 364 |
| Cần Thơ · Vietnam | 33 °C | 22 °C | 1,858 mm | 364 |
| Thốt Nốt · Vietnam | 34 °C | 22 °C | 1,820 mm | 364 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Cà Mau’s climate
When is the best time to visit Cà Mau?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, October, 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 Cà Mau get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 242 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °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 Cà Mau?
October, averaging 412 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is February with 20 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,430 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 Cà Mau 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
- 9.177°, 105.152° (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.