Climate
The city has a tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate, with an average humidity of 75%. The year is divided into two distinct seasons. The rainy season, with an average rainfall of about 1,800 millimetres (71 in) annually (about 150 rainy days per year), usually begins in May and ends in late November . The dry season lasts from December to April. The average temperature is 28 °C (82 °F), the highest temperature sometimes reaches 39 °C (102 °F) around noon in late April, while the lowest may fall below 16 °C (61 °F) in the early mornings of late December into early January.
| Climate data for Ho Chi Minh City | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38 (100) |
40 (104) |
38 (100) |
38 (100) |
39 (102) |
38 (100) |
41 (106) |
37 (99) |
38 (100) |
38 (100) |
37 (99) |
37 (99) |
41 (106) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.6 (94.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.8 (87.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.6 (85.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 13 (55) |
17 (63) |
16 (61) |
17 (63) |
16 (61) |
21 (70) |
17 (63) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
17 (63) |
15 (59) |
13 (55) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 13.8 (0.543) |
4.1 (0.161) |
10.5 (0.413) |
50.4 (1.984) |
218.4 (8.598) |
311.7 (12.272) |
293.7 (11.563) |
269.8 (10.622) |
327.1 (12.878) |
266.7 (10.5) |
116.5 (4.587) |
48.3 (1.902) |
1,931 (76.02) |
| % humidity | 69 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 76 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 78 | 73 | 75.7 |
| Avg. rainy days | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 5.4 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 22.9 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 20.9 | 12.1 | 6.7 | 155.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 244.9 | 248.6 | 272.8 | 231.0 | 195.3 | 171.0 | 179.8 | 173.6 | 162.0 | 182.9 | 201.0 | 223.2 | 2,486.1 |
| Source #1: World Meteorological Organisation (UN) | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Weatherbase (record highs, lows, and humidity ) | |||||||||||||
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