Cần Thơ climate

Name: Cần Thơ
Address: VN

Cần Thơ is warmest in April, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. October is the wettest month (293 mm) and February the driest (10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Cần Thơ averages 1,858 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Vietnam · population 1,507,187 · 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 22 °C
Driest month February 10 mm
Wettest month October 293 mm
Least cloud March 51 % cloud
Hottest on record May 38 °C
Coldest on record December 16 °C

What to expectCần Thơ through the year

Cần Thơ has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 33 °C in April, a swing of 3.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 222 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 293 mm against 10 mm in February — 28 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.5 °C	26 mm	62 %
February	31.1 °C	10 mm	54 %
March	32.7 °C	36 mm	51 %
April	33.2 °C	80 mm	57 %
May	31.9 °C	196 mm	79 %
June	30.4 °C	232 mm	85 %
July	29.8 °C	245 mm	86 %
August	29.8 °C	243 mm	86 %
September	29.8 °C	269 mm	88 %
October	29.8 °C	293 mm	83 %
November	29.7 °C	151 mm	72 %
December	29.2 °C	78 mm	71 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.5 °C	22.2 °C	25.4 °C	33.2 °C	16.8 °C	31	10
February	31.1 °C	22.8 °C	26.4 °C	34.5 °C	19.3 °C	28	23
March	32.7 °C	24.1 °C	27.7 °C	35.7 °C	20.0 °C	31	30
April	33.2 °C	25.1 °C	28.5 °C	37.6 °C	21.9 °C	30	28
May	31.9 °C	25.3 °C	27.9 °C	38.2 °C	23.2 °C	31	27
June	30.4 °C	24.8 °C	26.9 °C	34.8 °C	23.1 °C	30	19
July	29.8 °C	24.5 °C	26.5 °C	32.4 °C	22.9 °C	31	15
August	29.8 °C	24.5 °C	26.5 °C	32.7 °C	23.2 °C	31	15
September	29.8 °C	24.3 °C	26.3 °C	32.6 °C	22.7 °C	30	15
October	29.8 °C	23.9 °C	26.1 °C	32.1 °C	20.9 °C	31	16
November	29.7 °C	23.6 °C	26.1 °C	32.0 °C	18.7 °C	30	15
December	29.2 °C	22.6 °C	25.5 °C	32.3 °C	15.8 °C	30	10

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	26 mm	4	12 h/day	62 %	78 %	14 km/h
February	10 mm	2	12 h/day	54 %	73 %	15 km/h
March	36 mm	5	12 h/day	51 %	72 %	16 km/h
April	80 mm	12	12 h/day	57 %	75 %	14 km/h
May	196 mm	25	13 h/day	79 %	83 %	14 km/h
June	232 mm	26	13 h/day	85 %	87 %	16 km/h
July	245 mm	28	13 h/day	86 %	87 %	17 km/h
August	243 mm	28	12 h/day	86 %	87 %	18 km/h
September	269 mm	28	12 h/day	88 %	87 %	16 km/h
October	293 mm	27	12 h/day	83 %	88 %	12 km/h
November	151 mm	18	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	13 km/h
December	78 mm	10	12 h/day	71 %	81 %	13 km/h

How Cần Thơ 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
Cần Thơ	33 °C	22 °C	1,858 mm	364
Sa Dec · Vietnam	34 °C	22 °C	1,845 mm	364
Thốt Nốt · Vietnam	34 °C	22 °C	1,820 mm	364
Cao Lãnh · Vietnam	34 °C	22 °C	1,814 mm	365
Sóc Trăng · Vietnam	32 °C	23 °C	1,932 mm	364
Long Xuyên · Vietnam	34 °C	22 °C	1,732 mm	365
Trà Vinh · Vietnam	32 °C	23 °C	2,064 mm	364

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Cần Thơ.

QuestionsCommon questions about Cần Thơ’s climate

When is the best time to visit Cần Thơ?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, November, 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 Cần Thơ get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 222 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Cần Thơ?

October, averaging 293 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is February with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,858 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 Cần Thơ 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: 10.037°, 105.788° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.