Huế climate

Name: Huế
Address: VN

Huế is warmest in June, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. November is the wettest month (474 mm) and March the driest (96 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Huế averages 2,922 mm of rain and 278 days above 25 °C.

Vietnam · population 1,380,000 · 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 19 °C
Driest month March 96 mm
Wettest month November 474 mm
Least cloud March 57 % cloud
Hottest on record May 39 °C
Coldest on record December 12 °C
Warmest sea August 30 °C

What to expectHuế through the year

Huế has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in January to 32 °C in June, a swing of 8.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 278 days a year reach 25 °C, 136 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 474 mm against 96 mm in March — 4.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Huế is warmest in August at 30 °C and coldest in February at 22 °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	23.2 °C	170 mm	70 %
February	24.6 °C	97 mm	62 %
March	27.1 °C	96 mm	57 %
April	29.6 °C	112 mm	60 %
May	31.1 °C	230 mm	73 %
June	32.4 °C	161 mm	80 %
July	32.2 °C	178 mm	77 %
August	31.8 °C	207 mm	81 %
September	29.6 °C	350 mm	77 %
October	27.3 °C	472 mm	72 %
November	25.7 °C	474 mm	70 %
December	23.3 °C	374 mm	78 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.2 °C	19.0 °C	21.0 °C	30.0 °C	12.7 °C	8	0
February	24.6 °C	19.7 °C	22.0 °C	33.4 °C	12.4 °C	13	1
March	27.1 °C	21.8 °C	24.2 °C	36.4 °C	15.4 °C	23	6
April	29.6 °C	23.9 °C	26.5 °C	39.1 °C	18.2 °C	28	15
May	31.1 °C	25.4 °C	28.0 °C	39.3 °C	21.1 °C	31	22
June	32.4 °C	26.2 °C	29.1 °C	39.2 °C	22.6 °C	30	27
July	32.2 °C	26.2 °C	28.9 °C	38.6 °C	24.0 °C	31	27
August	31.8 °C	26.0 °C	28.6 °C	39.2 °C	23.2 °C	31	25
September	29.6 °C	24.9 °C	27.0 °C	38.5 °C	21.6 °C	30	12
October	27.3 °C	23.5 °C	25.2 °C	31.7 °C	18.5 °C	29	1
November	25.7 °C	22.0 °C	23.7 °C	30.6 °C	16.1 °C	18	0
December	23.3 °C	20.0 °C	21.6 °C	29.7 °C	11.8 °C	7	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	170 mm	16	11 h/day	70 %	86 %	15 km/h	22.8 °C
February	97 mm	13	12 h/day	62 %	87 %	15 km/h	22.4 °C
March	96 mm	11	12 h/day	57 %	87 %	14 km/h	23.0 °C
April	112 mm	12	13 h/day	60 %	85 %	13 km/h	24.9 °C
May	230 mm	21	13 h/day	73 %	83 %	12 km/h	27.5 °C
June	161 mm	18	13 h/day	80 %	78 %	11 km/h	29.1 °C
July	178 mm	19	13 h/day	77 %	76 %	12 km/h	29.3 °C
August	207 mm	19	13 h/day	81 %	77 %	13 km/h	29.5 °C
September	350 mm	23	12 h/day	77 %	84 %	13 km/h	29.3 °C
October	472 mm	24	12 h/day	72 %	86 %	15 km/h	28.0 °C
November	474 mm	22	11 h/day	70 %	86 %	16 km/h	26.3 °C
December	374 mm	22	11 h/day	78 %	86 %	16 km/h	24.4 °C

How Huế 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
Huế	32 °C	19 °C	2,922 mm	278
Ðông Hà · Vietnam	33 °C	18 °C	2,281 mm	270
Thanh Khê · Vietnam	33 °C	20 °C	2,437 mm	284
Da Nang · Vietnam	33 °C	20 °C	2,337 mm	284
Điện Bàn · Vietnam	34 °C	20 °C	2,419 mm	292
Tam Kỳ · Vietnam	32 °C	20 °C	2,781 mm	282
Quảng Ngãi · Vietnam	34 °C	19 °C	2,276 mm	313

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Huế.

QuestionsCommon questions about Huế’s climate

When is the best time to visit Huế?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Huế get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 136 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 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Huế?

November, averaging 474 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is March with 96 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,922 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 Huế 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: 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.