Ho Chi Minh City climate

Name: Ho Chi Minh City
Address: VN

Ho Chi Minh City is warmest in April, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. September is the wettest month (306 mm) and February the driest (10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ho Chi Minh City averages 1,860 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Vietnam · population 14,002,598 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month February 10 mm
Wettest month September 306 mm
Least cloud March 49 % cloud
Hottest on record April 39 °C
Coldest on record December 16 °C

What to expectHo Chi Minh City through the year

Ho Chi Minh City changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 31 and 34 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 288 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 306 mm against 10 mm in February — 30 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.3 °C	23 mm	59 %
February	32.8 °C	10 mm	50 %
March	34.0 °C	24 mm	49 %
April	34.0 °C	70 mm	56 %
May	32.8 °C	199 mm	79 %
June	31.1 °C	246 mm	84 %
July	30.6 °C	257 mm	85 %
August	30.7 °C	269 mm	85 %
September	30.4 °C	306 mm	88 %
October	30.1 °C	262 mm	82 %
November	30.3 °C	132 mm	70 %
December	30.4 °C	62 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	31.3 °C	22.1 °C	26.3 °C	35.6 °C	16.2 °C	31	25
February	32.8 °C	22.9 °C	27.2 °C	36.3 °C	18.6 °C	28	27
March	34.0 °C	24.4 °C	28.4 °C	38.0 °C	19.8 °C	31	31
April	34.0 °C	25.5 °C	29.0 °C	38.8 °C	22.0 °C	30	30
May	32.8 °C	25.5 °C	28.3 °C	38.7 °C	23.2 °C	31	29
June	31.1 °C	24.8 °C	27.2 °C	36.3 °C	22.6 °C	30	24
July	30.6 °C	24.5 °C	26.8 °C	33.1 °C	22.1 °C	31	22
August	30.7 °C	24.4 °C	26.7 °C	33.8 °C	22.6 °C	31	23
September	30.4 °C	24.1 °C	26.5 °C	32.9 °C	22.3 °C	30	20
October	30.1 °C	23.7 °C	26.3 °C	32.5 °C	19.9 °C	31	19
November	30.3 °C	23.2 °C	26.3 °C	34.0 °C	17.6 °C	30	19
December	30.4 °C	22.5 °C	26.1 °C	35.0 °C	15.9 °C	31	18

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	23 mm	4	12 h/day	59 %	70 %	12 km/h
February	10 mm	2	12 h/day	50 %	66 %	15 km/h
March	24 mm	4	12 h/day	49 %	67 %	16 km/h
April	70 mm	12	12 h/day	56 %	72 %	15 km/h
May	199 mm	24	13 h/day	79 %	80 %	13 km/h
June	246 mm	27	13 h/day	84 %	85 %	14 km/h
July	257 mm	29	13 h/day	85 %	86 %	15 km/h
August	269 mm	29	12 h/day	85 %	86 %	15 km/h
September	306 mm	29	12 h/day	88 %	87 %	13 km/h
October	262 mm	27	12 h/day	82 %	87 %	10 km/h
November	132 mm	17	12 h/day	70 %	82 %	10 km/h
December	62 mm	9	11 h/day	71 %	76 %	11 km/h

How Ho Chi Minh City 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
Ho Chi Minh City	34 °C	22 °C	1,860 mm	365
Thủ Đức · Vietnam	34 °C	22 °C	1,883 mm	364
Cần Giuộc · Vietnam	33 °C	22 °C	1,886 mm	364
Biên Hòa · Vietnam	34 °C	22 °C	1,924 mm	365
Bến Cát · Vietnam	34 °C	22 °C	1,912 mm	364
Trảng Bàng · Vietnam	34 °C	22 °C	1,883 mm	365
Tân An · Vietnam	33 °C	22 °C	1,907 mm	364

Where Ho Chi Minh City ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in January	13th of 50	31 °C
The warmest places in Asia in December	24th of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Asia in February	29th of 50	33 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ho Chi Minh City.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ho Chi Minh City’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ho Chi Minh City?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. October, 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 Ho Chi Minh City get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 288 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 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ho Chi Minh City?

September, averaging 306 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is February with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,860 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 Ho Chi Minh City 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: 10.823°, 106.630° (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.