Phú Quốc climate
Phú Quốc is warmest in April, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 24 °C. September is the wettest month (396 mm) and February the driest (27 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Phú Quốc averages 2,596 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.
Vietnam · population 179,480 · 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 29 °C
- Coldest month January 24 °C
- Driest month February 27 mm
- Wettest month September 396 mm
- Least cloud February 50 % cloud
- Hottest on record March 34 °C
- Coldest on record December 19 °C
- Warmest sea May 31 °C
What to expectPhú Quốc through the year
Phú Quốc changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 27 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 22 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in March.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 396 mm against 27 mm in February — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Phú Quốc is warmest in May at 31 °C and coldest in January at 28 °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 | 27.1 °C | 37 mm | 56 % |
| February | 27.5 °C | 27 mm | 50 % |
| March | 28.3 °C | 67 mm | 51 % |
| April | 28.9 °C | 128 mm | 61 % |
| May | 28.5 °C | 310 mm | 82 % |
| June | 27.7 °C | 371 mm | 87 % |
| July | 27.2 °C | 394 mm | 88 % |
| August | 27.0 °C | 370 mm | 89 % |
| September | 26.9 °C | 396 mm | 89 % |
| October | 27.2 °C | 324 mm | 83 % |
| November | 27.7 °C | 123 mm | 69 % |
| December | 27.5 °C | 49 mm | 65 % |
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 | 27.1 °C | 23.6 °C | 25.4 °C | 32.5 °C | 20.6 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| February | 27.5 °C | 24.0 °C | 25.7 °C | 32.9 °C | 19.9 °C | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| March | 28.3 °C | 25.0 °C | 26.6 °C | 34.0 °C | 21.4 °C | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| April | 28.9 °C | 25.6 °C | 27.2 °C | 34.0 °C | 22.6 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 28.5 °C | 25.6 °C | 27.0 °C | 33.6 °C | 23.1 °C | 31 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 27.7 °C | 25.1 °C | 26.5 °C | 31.7 °C | 22.5 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 27.2 °C | 24.8 °C | 26.0 °C | 31.8 °C | 22.6 °C | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| August | 27.0 °C | 24.7 °C | 25.8 °C | 31.4 °C | 22.4 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 26.9 °C | 24.5 °C | 25.7 °C | 32.0 °C | 22.5 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| October | 27.2 °C | 24.3 °C | 25.7 °C | 31.2 °C | 21.1 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 27.7 °C | 24.5 °C | 26.0 °C | 31.5 °C | 21.4 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 27.5 °C | 24.0 °C | 25.7 °C | 31.7 °C | 19.3 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 74 % | 21 km/h | 27.8 °C |
| February | 27 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 50 % | 75 % | 20 km/h | 28.3 °C |
| March | 67 mm | 13 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 76 % | 20 km/h | 29.2 °C |
| April | 128 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 61 % | 79 % | 19 km/h | 30.3 °C |
| May | 310 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 82 % | 82 % | 22 km/h | 30.6 °C |
| June | 371 mm | 27 | 13 h/day | 87 % | 84 % | 26 km/h | 29.8 °C |
| July | 394 mm | 28 | 13 h/day | 88 % | 85 % | 28 km/h | 29.2 °C |
| August | 370 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 85 % | 29 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| September | 396 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 89 % | 86 % | 27 km/h | 28.8 °C |
| October | 324 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 84 % | 21 km/h | 29.1 °C |
| November | 123 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 69 % | 78 % | 22 km/h | 28.9 °C |
| December | 49 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 72 % | 24 km/h | 28.2 °C |
How Phú Quốc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phú Quốc | 29 °C | 24 °C | 2,596 mm | 362 |
| Phu Quoc · Vietnam | 30 °C | 25 °C | 2,691 mm | 365 |
| Takeo · Cambodia | 34 °C | 22 °C | 1,411 mm | 365 |
| Rạch Giá · Vietnam | 33 °C | 22 °C | 1,978 mm | 364 |
| Tân Châu · Vietnam | 34 °C | 22 °C | 1,657 mm | 365 |
| Long Xuyên · Vietnam | 34 °C | 22 °C | 1,732 mm | 365 |
| Thốt Nốt · Vietnam | 34 °C | 22 °C | 1,820 mm | 364 |
Where Phú Quốc ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in April | 4th of 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May | 4th of 50 | 31 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in April | 4th of 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May | 5th of 50 | 31 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March | 38th of 50 | 29 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in March | 47th of 50 | 29 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Phú Quốc.
QuestionsCommon questions about Phú Quốc’s climate
When is the best time to visit Phú Quốc?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, September, October 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 Phú Quốc get?
In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 22 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 24 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Phú Quốc?
September, averaging 396 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is February with 27 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,596 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 Phú Quốc 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
- 10.287°, 104.010° (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.