Cẩm Phả climate
Cẩm Phả is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. August is the wettest month (384 mm) and February the driest (25 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Cẩm Phả averages 1,836 mm of rain and 220 days above 25 °C.
Vietnam · population 190,232 · 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 July 30 °C
- Coldest month January 14 °C
- Driest month February 25 mm
- Wettest month August 384 mm
- Least cloud October 51 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 35 °C
- Coldest on record January 4.4 °C
- Warmest sea August 30 °C
What to expectCẩm Phả through the year
Cẩm Phả has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 220 days a year reach 25 °C, 69 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 384 mm against 25 mm in February — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Cẩm Phả is warmest in August at 30 °C and coldest in February at 19 °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 | 18.6 °C | 35 mm | 75 % |
| February | 19.9 °C | 25 mm | 78 % |
| March | 22.6 °C | 47 mm | 80 % |
| April | 26.0 °C | 65 mm | 76 % |
| May | 28.6 °C | 211 mm | 78 % |
| June | 30.2 °C | 305 mm | 88 % |
| July | 30.2 °C | 355 mm | 85 % |
| August | 30.0 °C | 384 mm | 81 % |
| September | 29.3 °C | 228 mm | 68 % |
| October | 27.4 °C | 96 mm | 51 % |
| November | 24.2 °C | 51 mm | 55 % |
| December | 20.2 °C | 33 mm | 63 % |
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 | 18.6 °C | 14.2 °C | 16.4 °C | 25.8 °C | 4.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 19.9 °C | 15.6 °C | 17.7 °C | 28.0 °C | 5.9 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 22.6 °C | 18.2 °C | 20.3 °C | 28.7 °C | 10.0 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 26.0 °C | 21.8 °C | 23.7 °C | 32.7 °C | 14.3 °C | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 28.6 °C | 24.7 °C | 26.5 °C | 34.8 °C | 18.3 °C | 30 | 6 | 0 |
| June | 30.2 °C | 26.5 °C | 28.2 °C | 34.7 °C | 21.5 °C | 30 | 17 | 0 |
| July | 30.2 °C | 26.5 °C | 28.2 °C | 35.3 °C | 23.7 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| August | 30.0 °C | 25.9 °C | 27.8 °C | 34.7 °C | 23.6 °C | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| September | 29.3 °C | 24.9 °C | 27.0 °C | 34.5 °C | 18.4 °C | 30 | 10 | 0 |
| October | 27.4 °C | 22.7 °C | 24.9 °C | 32.0 °C | 16.0 °C | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 24.2 °C | 19.4 °C | 21.7 °C | 29.6 °C | 10.8 °C | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 20.2 °C | 15.4 °C | 17.8 °C | 27.8 °C | 4.5 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 75 % | 79 % | 12 km/h | 19.6 °C |
| February | 25 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 78 % | 82 % | 12 km/h | 19.1 °C |
| March | 47 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 80 % | 85 % | 12 km/h | 20.1 °C |
| April | 65 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 76 % | 86 % | 13 km/h | 22.9 °C |
| May | 211 mm | 20 | 13 h/day | 78 % | 86 % | 13 km/h | 26.8 °C |
| June | 305 mm | 24 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 87 % | 13 km/h | 29.0 °C |
| July | 355 mm | 25 | 13 h/day | 85 % | 87 % | 13 km/h | 29.4 °C |
| August | 384 mm | 26 | 13 h/day | 81 % | 87 % | 11 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| September | 228 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 68 % | 83 % | 11 km/h | 29.3 °C |
| October | 96 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 77 % | 13 km/h | 27.7 °C |
| November | 51 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 55 % | 75 % | 12 km/h | 25.1 °C |
| December | 33 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 63 % | 73 % | 12 km/h | 21.9 °C |
How Cẩm Phả 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cẩm Phả | 30 °C | 14 °C | 1,836 mm | 220 |
| Hạ Long · Vietnam | 31 °C | 14 °C | 1,749 mm | 230 |
| Haiphong · Vietnam | 32 °C | 14 °C | 1,773 mm | 245 |
| Thị Trấn Đông Triều · Vietnam | 32 °C | 13 °C | 1,737 mm | 251 |
| Hải Dương · Vietnam | 33 °C | 13 °C | 1,784 mm | 252 |
| Lạng Sơn · Vietnam | 30 °C | 10 °C | 1,641 mm | 220 |
| Bắc Giang · Vietnam | 32 °C | 13 °C | 1,873 mm | 248 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Cẩm Phả.
QuestionsCommon questions about Cẩm Phả’s climate
When is the best time to visit Cẩm Phả?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Cẩm Phả get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 69 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 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Cẩm Phả?
August, averaging 384 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is February with 25 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,836 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 Cẩm Phả 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
- 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.