Sóc Trăng climate

Sóc Trăng is warmest in April, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. October is the wettest month (311 mm) and February the driest (8.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sóc Trăng averages 1,932 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Vietnam · population 221,430 · 1991–2020 normals

  1. Jan 25°
  2. Feb 26°
  3. Mar 27°
  4. Apr 28°
  5. May 28°
  6. Jun 27°
  7. Jul 27°
  8. Aug 27°
  9. Sep 26°
  10. Oct 26°
  11. Nov 26°
  12. Dec 25°

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

What to expectSóc Trăng through the year

Sóc Trăng changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 32 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 186 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 311 mm against 8 mm in February — 37 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
January 28.9 °C 22 mm 63 %
February 30.2 °C 8 mm 55 %
March 31.5 °C 31 mm 52 %
April 32.4 °C 68 mm 55 %
May 31.7 °C 206 mm 78 %
June 30.4 °C 253 mm 84 %
July 29.8 °C 254 mm 84 %
August 29.8 °C 248 mm 84 %
September 29.8 °C 285 mm 86 %
October 29.4 °C 311 mm 83 %
November 29.1 °C 158 mm 73 %
December 28.6 °C 86 mm 73 %

Temperature month by month

Month Avg highAvg lowMeanRecord highRecord lowDays above 25 °CDays above 30 °CDays below 0 °C
January 28.9 °C22.8 °C25.4 °C32.6 °C17.6 °C3140
February 30.2 °C23.3 °C26.1 °C32.9 °C19.4 °C28160
March 31.5 °C24.3 °C27.3 °C34.8 °C20.1 °C31290
April 32.4 °C25.2 °C28.3 °C35.7 °C22.6 °C30280
May 31.7 °C25.4 °C27.9 °C36.9 °C23.4 °C31270
June 30.4 °C24.9 °C27.0 °C33.5 °C22.4 °C30190
July 29.8 °C24.5 °C26.5 °C32.3 °C22.9 °C31140
August 29.8 °C24.5 °C26.5 °C32.7 °C22.9 °C31150
September 29.8 °C24.2 °C26.3 °C32.3 °C22.6 °C30140
October 29.4 °C24.0 °C26.1 °C31.7 °C20.7 °C31110
November 29.1 °C23.8 °C26.1 °C31.4 °C19.6 °C3060
December 28.6 °C23.1 °C25.5 °C31.7 °C16.5 °C3040

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month RainfallWet daysDaylightCloud coverHumidityWind
January 22 mm412 h/day63 %78 %19 km/h
February 8 mm212 h/day55 %75 %20 km/h
March 31 mm512 h/day52 %75 %19 km/h
April 68 mm1212 h/day55 %77 %17 km/h
May 206 mm2613 h/day78 %82 %15 km/h
June 253 mm2813 h/day84 %86 %16 km/h
July 254 mm3013 h/day84 %87 %17 km/h
August 248 mm2912 h/day84 %87 %18 km/h
September 285 mm2912 h/day86 %87 %17 km/h
October 311 mm2812 h/day83 %88 %14 km/h
November 158 mm1812 h/day73 %85 %16 km/h
December 86 mm1012 h/day73 %81 %18 km/h

How Sóc Trăng 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
Sóc Trăng 32 °C 23 °C 1,932 mm 364
Vĩnh Châu · Vietnam 31 °C 24 °C 1,940 mm 364
Bạc Liêu · Vietnam 32 °C 23 °C 1,999 mm 364
Cần Thơ · Vietnam 33 °C 22 °C 1,858 mm 364
Trà Vinh · Vietnam 32 °C 23 °C 2,064 mm 364
Sa Dec · Vietnam 34 °C 22 °C 1,845 mm 364
Thốt Nốt · Vietnam 34 °C 22 °C 1,820 mm 364

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QuestionsCommon questions about Sóc Trăng’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sóc Trăng?

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 Sóc Trăng get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 186 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sóc Trăng?

October, averaging 311 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,932 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 Sóc Trăng rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Data point
9.600°, 105.972° (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.