Vinh climate
Vinh is warmest in June, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. September is the wettest month (341 mm) and February the driest (25 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Vinh averages 1,594 mm of rain and 249 days above 25 °C.
Vietnam · population 790,000 · 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 34 °C
- Coldest month January 16 °C
- Driest month February 25 mm
- Wettest month September 341 mm
- Least cloud October 65 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 41 °C
- Coldest on record January 6.9 °C
- Warmest sea August 30 °C
What to expectVinh through the year
Vinh has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 34 °C in June, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 249 days a year reach 25 °C, 136 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 341 mm against 25 mm in February — 14 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Vinh is warmest in August at 30 °C and coldest in February at 21 °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 | 20.6 °C | 34 mm | 78 % |
| February | 22.3 °C | 25 mm | 75 % |
| March | 25.5 °C | 42 mm | 71 % |
| April | 29.4 °C | 49 mm | 65 % |
| May | 32.0 °C | 103 mm | 73 % |
| June | 33.9 °C | 106 mm | 84 % |
| July | 33.5 °C | 158 mm | 81 % |
| August | 32.0 °C | 217 mm | 82 % |
| September | 29.9 °C | 341 mm | 75 % |
| October | 27.2 °C | 341 mm | 65 % |
| November | 24.6 °C | 114 mm | 66 % |
| December | 21.2 °C | 63 mm | 75 % |
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 | 20.6 °C | 15.8 °C | 18.2 °C | 32.3 °C | 6.9 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 22.3 °C | 17.0 °C | 19.6 °C | 34.7 °C | 7.7 °C | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 25.5 °C | 19.8 °C | 22.4 °C | 36.2 °C | 11.1 °C | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| April | 29.4 °C | 23.0 °C | 25.8 °C | 38.8 °C | 15.1 °C | 25 | 13 | 0 |
| May | 32.0 °C | 25.6 °C | 28.4 °C | 39.4 °C | 19.5 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| June | 33.9 °C | 27.3 °C | 30.2 °C | 40.3 °C | 21.6 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| July | 33.5 °C | 27.2 °C | 30.0 °C | 40.9 °C | 24.1 °C | 31 | 27 | 0 |
| August | 32.0 °C | 26.4 °C | 28.9 °C | 38.3 °C | 22.6 °C | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| September | 29.9 °C | 25.0 °C | 27.2 °C | 37.8 °C | 18.7 °C | 29 | 14 | 0 |
| October | 27.2 °C | 22.8 °C | 24.9 °C | 33.2 °C | 16.2 °C | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| November | 24.6 °C | 19.9 °C | 22.2 °C | 33.5 °C | 13.4 °C | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 21.2 °C | 16.6 °C | 18.9 °C | 29.2 °C | 8.3 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 78 % | 83 % | 17 km/h | 21.3 °C |
| February | 25 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 84 % | 17 km/h | 21.0 °C |
| March | 42 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 71 % | 85 % | 17 km/h | 21.8 °C |
| April | 49 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 65 % | 83 % | 17 km/h | 24.2 °C |
| May | 103 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 73 % | 79 % | 15 km/h | 27.7 °C |
| June | 106 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 84 % | 71 % | 16 km/h | 29.6 °C |
| July | 158 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 81 % | 71 % | 16 km/h | 29.8 °C |
| August | 217 mm | 17 | 13 h/day | 82 % | 78 % | 14 km/h | 30.0 °C |
| September | 341 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 83 % | 15 km/h | 29.5 °C |
| October | 341 mm | 19 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 84 % | 17 km/h | 27.9 °C |
| November | 114 mm | 12 | 11 h/day | 66 % | 82 % | 17 km/h | 25.7 °C |
| December | 63 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 75 % | 80 % | 18 km/h | 23.0 °C |
How Vinh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinh | 34 °C | 16 °C | 1,594 mm | 249 |
| Hà Tĩnh · Vietnam | 33 °C | 16 °C | 2,255 mm | 246 |
| Nghi Sơn · Vietnam | 33 °C | 15 °C | 1,467 mm | 237 |
| Kỳ Anh · Vietnam | 34 °C | 17 °C | 1,995 mm | 258 |
| Thanh Hóa · Vietnam | 33 °C | 15 °C | 1,583 mm | 246 |
| Nam Định · Vietnam | 33 °C | 14 °C | 1,650 mm | 252 |
| Ðông Hà · Vietnam | 33 °C | 18 °C | 2,281 mm | 270 |
Where Vinh ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Best beach destinations in Asia in April | 17thof 50 | 89/100 |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in August | 33rdof 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in the world in August | 43rdof 50 | 30 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in July | 46thof 50 | 30 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Vinh.
QuestionsCommon questions about Vinh’s climate
When is the best time to visit Vinh?
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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Vinh get?
In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 136 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 16 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Vinh?
September, averaging 341 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is February with 25 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,594 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 Vinh 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
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.