Best time to visit Vietnam
11 destinations
Vietnam does not have a single best season. Its 11 destinations peak across 3 different months, which means an itinerary that moves around the country will be in the right season for some of it and the wrong one for the rest — worth building the route around.
Averaged across every destination listed, Vietnam is at its best in January, scoring 81 out of 100, with February close behind at 81. May is the weakest month nationally at 44. The window is narrow: only 3 months come within eight points of the best, so an itinerary covering several of these places should be built around that rather than around any one city's own peak.
There is real variation inside Vietnam: 33 °C annually in Ho Chi Minh City against 22 °C in Sa Pa. Rainfall is broadly similar throughout, from 157 wet days a year in Thanh Hóa to 208 in Nha Trang.
| Destination | Best month | High °C | Rain days | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qui Nhon | February | 25.3 | 3 | 95 |
| Nha Trang | February | 26.1 | 3 | 93 |
| Hanoi | December | 21.6 | 4 | 92 |
| Thanh Hóa | February | 24.3 | 5 | 92 |
| Haiphong | December | 21.7 | 5 | 91 |
| Vinh | February | 25.9 | 7 | 89 |
| Sa Pa | February | 18.2 | 5 | 86 |
| Hoi An | February | 26.3 | 6 | 84 |
| Vũng Tàu | January | 30.8 | 3 | 78 |
| Cần Thơ | January | 32 | 3 | 73 |
| Ho Chi Minh City | December | 31.1 | 5 | 72 |