Weather in Vũng Tàu in July
Vietnam · 20-year averages, July
A hard month. July is a hard month in Vũng Tàu, and worth planning around. You should expect rain on 26 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.
July ranks 9 of 12 in Vũng Tàu: past the worst of the year but short of January, which is the month to book if the dates are open.
Rain on 26 of the month's 31 days, 7 of them heavy. At that frequency a wet-weather backup is not a contingency, it is the itinerary — book the indoor things first and treat the clear days as the bonus. Natural fibres and a second shirt for the day. At 87% nothing dries, including you.
What the averages hide
Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 13 days top 30 °C — hot spells arrive, but they break; the day barely swings — 4.7 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 32.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 23.5 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 106 mm — roughly 49% of the month's rain in one day.
July is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest July on record still delivered 374 mm against 119 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 217 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.
Wind is light at 11.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity at 87% is the real story though — it is the number that decides how the day feels, not the 29.8 °C.
How July sits in the year
Temperatures hold steady either side: 30.7 °C in June, 29.8 here, 29.8 in August. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.
Daylight in July
Vũng Tàu sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 12.7 hours in July, against a range of just 1.2 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.
Sea temperature
The sea sits at about 28.7 °C in July — warm enough that the water offers no relief from the heat. The sea peaks at 29.9 °C in May and bottoms out at 25.3 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.
How busy it gets
Quiet. Few other visitors, cheaper rooms, and a real chance some seasonal operators are shut.
Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.
July in Vũng Tàu versus nearby
If Vũng Tàu is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Ho Chi Minh City is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days less rain. Cần Thơ is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain.
So: July is a compromise. January is 32 points better and is what Vũng Tàu is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.
Every month in Vũng Tàu
| Month | High °C | Low °C | Rain days | Rain mm | Humidity % | Daylight h | Sea °C | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8 | 22.3 | 3 | 13 | 75 | 11.6 | 25.3 | 78 |
| February | 32.8 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 69 | 11.8 | 25.4 | 72 |
| March | 34 | 24.8 | 3 | 15 | 68 | 12.1 | 26.7 | 64 |
| April | 34.5 | 26.4 | 7 | 42 | 69 | 12.3 | 28.6 | 48 |
| May | 32.7 | 26.6 | 21 | 166 | 77 | 12.6 | 29.9 | 39 |
| June | 30.7 | 25.6 | 25 | 224 | 84 | 12.7 | 29.5 | 45 |
| July | 29.8 | 25.1 | 26 | 217 | 87 | 12.7 | 28.7 | 46 |
| August | 29.8 | 25 | 24 | 199 | 87 | 12.5 | 28.6 | 46 |
| September | 29.6 | 24.9 | 26 | 210 | 87 | 12.2 | 28.8 | 47 |
| October | 29.6 | 24.8 | 26 | 235 | 86 | 11.9 | 28.7 | 48 |
| November | 29.8 | 24.1 | 17 | 111 | 85 | 11.7 | 27.8 | 52 |
| December | 29.7 | 22.8 | 7 | 39 | 81 | 11.5 | 26.5 | 74 |
See all twelve months in Vũng Tàu, or where else to go in July.
Planning the rest of the trip
- Flight time to Vũng Tàu how long you are actually in the air
- Vũng Tàu time zone and the difference from home
- Days until your trip count down to the departure date