Climate and average weather in Cai Lậy
In Cai Lậy, the weather is muggy, sweltering, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near sweltering levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around October.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Cai Lậy typically varies from 23°C to 34°C, and is rarely below 21°C or above 37°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Cai Lậy for warm-weather activities is from early December to early March.
- Hottest
- Apr
- 34°
- Coldest
- Dec
- 23°
- Wettest
- Oct
- 291 mm
- Driest
- Feb
- 11 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1800 mm
- 211 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.4–12.6 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 3 m
- 10.4°N
- Clearest
- Mar
- 53% cloud
Cai Lậy weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early December to early March.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Cai Lậy, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Cai Lậy stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is April, with an average high of 34°C and low of 26°C; the coolest is December, with an average low of 23°C and high of 31°C.
Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
| Avg low (°C) | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 23 |
| Feb | 32 | 23 |
| Mar | 33 | 25 |
| Apr | 34 | 26 |
| May | 33 | 26 |
| Jun | 32 | 26 |
| Jul | 31 | 25 |
| Aug | 31 | 25 |
| Sep | 31 | 25 |
| Oct | 31 | 25 |
| Nov | 31 | 24 |
| Dec | 31 | 23 |
How hot and cold Cai Lậy really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Cai Lậy feels like about 43°C (around May 4). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, and 181 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 34 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 34 |
| Air high (°C) | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 |
| Air low (°C) | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
| Feb | 35 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Mar | 38 | 33 | 25 | 25 |
| Apr | 41 | 34 | 26 | 26 |
| May | 42 | 33 | 26 | 26 |
| Jun | 40 | 32 | 26 | 26 |
| Jul | 39 | 31 | 25 | 25 |
| Aug | 39 | 31 | 25 | 25 |
| Sep | 39 | 31 | 25 | 25 |
| Oct | 39 | 31 | 25 | 25 |
| Nov | 37 | 31 | 24 | 24 |
| Dec | 34 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
Average hourly temperature in Cai Lậy
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 34°C, and coldest before dawn in December, near 23°C.
Cai Lậy weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31° / 23° | 27 | 4.2 | 11.5 | 5.1 |
| Feb | 32° / 23° | 11 | 1.7 | 11.7 | 4.8 |
| Mar | 33° / 25° | 30 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 3.7 |
| Apr | 34° / 26° | 75 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 2.7 |
| May | 33° / 26° | 177 | 24.2 | 12.5 | 2.2 |
| Jun | 32° / 26° | 215 | 26.3 | 12.6 | 2.4 |
| Jul | 31° / 25° | 233 | 27.8 | 12.5 | 2.5 |
| Aug | 31° / 25° | 252 | 28.7 | 12.3 | 2.4 |
| Sep | 31° / 25° | 281 | 27.9 | 12.1 | 2.3 |
| Oct | 31° / 25° | 291 | 26.8 | 11.8 | 2.6 |
| Nov | 31° / 24° | 141 | 16.4 | 11.5 | 3.5 |
| Dec | 31° / 23° | 67 | 9.2 | 11.4 | 4.5 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Cai Lậy gets about 1800 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 6.4 months, from around May 1 to Nov 12, peaking in August at about 94% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 17.
October is the wettest month by volume, with 291 mm over about 27 wet days; February is the driest, with 11 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 14 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 77 | 88 | 90 | 92 | 93 | 85 | 55 | 30 |
| Rain days | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 9 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 4 |
| Feb | 7 | 2 |
| Mar | 18 | 5 |
| Apr | 41 | 12 |
| May | 77 | 24 |
| Jun | 88 | 26 |
| Jul | 90 | 28 |
| Aug | 92 | 29 |
| Sep | 93 | 28 |
| Oct | 85 | 27 |
| Nov | 55 | 16 |
| Dec | 30 | 9 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Cai Lậy collects about 1800 mm of rain across 211 wet days — roughly 150 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 291 mm, while February is the driest at just 11 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 46% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 27 | 11 | 30 | 75 | 177 | 215 | 233 | 252 | 281 | 291 | 141 | 67 |
| Rain days | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 9 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27 | 4 |
| Feb | 11 | 2 |
| Mar | 30 | 5 |
| Apr | 75 | 12 |
| May | 177 | 24 |
| Jun | 215 | 26 |
| Jul | 233 | 28 |
| Aug | 252 | 29 |
| Sep | 281 | 28 |
| Oct | 291 | 27 |
| Nov | 141 | 16 |
| Dec | 67 | 9 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Cai Lậy, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around November 7 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around May 6. The clearest month is March, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 60% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around May 7 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around November 6. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 94% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 45 | 57 | 60 | 49 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 32 |
| Cloudier (%) | 55 | 43 | 40 | 51 | 83 | 91 | 91 | 94 | 94 | 86 | 70 | 68 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45 | 55 |
| Feb | 57 | 43 |
| Mar | 60 | 40 |
| Apr | 49 | 51 |
| May | 17 | 83 |
| Jun | 9 | 91 |
| Jul | 9 | 91 |
| Aug | 6 | 94 |
| Sep | 6 | 94 |
| Oct | 14 | 86 |
| Nov | 30 | 70 |
| Dec | 32 | 68 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 30, brings about 12 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 12 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.4 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:21 | 6:20 | 6:07 | 5:49 | 5:38 | 5:38 | 5:45 | 5:49 | 5:48 | 5:48 | 5:55 | 6:10 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:48 | 6:00 | 6:03 | 6:03 | 6:06 | 6:14 | 6:18 | 6:10 | 5:52 | 5:34 | 5:26 | 5:34 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.5 | 6:21 | 5:48 |
| Feb | 11.7 | 6:20 | 6:00 |
| Mar | 11.9 | 6:07 | 6:03 |
| Apr | 12.2 | 5:49 | 6:03 |
| May | 12.5 | 5:38 | 6:06 |
| Jun | 12.6 | 5:38 | 6:14 |
| Jul | 12.5 | 5:45 | 6:18 |
| Aug | 12.3 | 5:49 | 6:10 |
| Sep | 12.1 | 5:48 | 5:52 |
| Oct | 11.8 | 5:48 | 5:34 |
| Nov | 11.5 | 5:55 | 5:26 |
| Dec | 11.4 | 6:10 | 5:34 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Cai Lậy averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 11 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around Nov 12 to May 3. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is September, down near 0 sunny days — about 97% fewer than the March peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 10 | Mixed |
| Mar | 11 | Mixed |
| Apr | 8 | Gloomy |
| May | 2 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 1 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 1 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 0 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 0 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 2 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 4 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 5 | Gloomy |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
Cai Lậy is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.
The stickiest month is February, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 97% of the time. Even in December, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 1% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comfortable (%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Humid (%) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Muggy (%) | 39 | 43 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 25 |
| Oppressive (%) | 51 | 52 | 71 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 52 |
| Miserable (%) | 4 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 90 | 97 | 92 | 90 | 90 | 82 | 49 | 17 |
| Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1 | 5 | 39 | 51 | 4 |
| Feb | 0 | 3 | 43 | 52 | 2 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 | 18 | 71 | 10 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 48 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 90 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 92 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 90 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 90 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 82 |
| Nov | 0 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 49 |
| Dec | 1 | 5 | 25 | 52 | 17 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Cai Lậy is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 3.7 months, from around Jun 2 to Sep 22. The windiest month is August, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 23 to Feb 12, with October the calmest month at about 6 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | calm |
| Feb | 9 | calm |
| Mar | 9 | calm |
| Apr | 8 | calm |
| May | 8 | calm |
| Jun | 9 | calm |
| Jul | 11 | calm |
| Aug | 11 | calm |
| Sep | 9 | calm |
| Oct | 6 | calm |
| Nov | 7 | calm |
| Dec | 7 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Cai Lậy
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Cai Lậy sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.
Cai Lậy's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Cai Lậy
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Cai Lậy throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late February, Cai Lậy is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Cai Lậy for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to early March, with a peak score in the second week of January.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 5.1 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.1 | fair |
| Feb | 4.8 | fair |
| Mar | 3.7 | fair |
| Apr | 2.7 | poor |
| May | 2.2 | poor |
| Jun | 2.3 | poor |
| Jul | 2.5 | poor |
| Aug | 2.4 | poor |
| Sep | 2.3 | poor |
| Oct | 2.6 | poor |
| Nov | 3.5 | fair |
| Dec | 4.5 | fair |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Cai Lậy for hot-weather activities is from early December to late March, with a peak score in the second week of February.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Cai Lậy, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
Cai Lậy packs about the same all year — highs hold near 34°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.
In April, Cai Lậy sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Cai Lậy by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cai Lậy peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 20 at about 9 (very high).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Level | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high | Very high |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | Very high |
| Feb | 11 | Extreme |
| Mar | 13 | Extreme |
| Apr | 13 | Extreme |
| May | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 11 | Extreme |
| Jul | 12 | Extreme |
| Aug | 13 | Extreme |
| Sep | 13 | Extreme |
| Oct | 9 | Very high |
| Nov | 9 | Very high |
| Dec | 9 | Very high |
Average hourly UV index in Cai Lậy
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | 4.5 |
| Feb | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Mar | 8 | 6 |
| Apr | 8 | 6 |
| May | 8 | 6 |
| Jun | 8 | 6 |
| Jul | 8 | 6 |
| Aug | 8 | 6.5 |
| Sep | 8 | 6 |
| Oct | 7 | 4.5 |
| Nov | 7 | 4 |
| Dec | 6.5 | 4 |
Air quality in Cai Lậy by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Cai Lậy is worst in January — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (August, 30 µg/m³).
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 72 | 59 | 53 | 53 | 47 | 38 | 34 | 30 | 40 | 56 | 68 | 70 |
| Level | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Moderate | Moderate | Poor | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 72 | Unhealthy |
| Feb | 59 | Unhealthy |
| Mar | 53 | Poor |
| Apr | 53 | Poor |
| May | 47 | Poor |
| Jun | 38 | Poor |
| Jul | 34 | Moderate |
| Aug | 30 | Moderate |
| Sep | 40 | Poor |
| Oct | 56 | Unhealthy |
| Nov | 68 | Unhealthy |
| Dec | 70 | Unhealthy |
Growing season
Cai Lậy is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Cai Lậy banks about 6,674 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 520 | 491 | 593 | 605 | 611 | 560 | 564 | 567 | 546 | 557 | 533 | 528 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 520 |
| Feb | 491 |
| Mar | 593 |
| Apr | 605 |
| May | 611 |
| Jun | 560 |
| Jul | 564 |
| Aug | 567 |
| Sep | 546 |
| Oct | 557 |
| Nov | 533 |
| Dec | 528 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Cai Lậy receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.2 and 6.1 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around Jan 15 to Jun 3. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.0 kWh/m² (bright).
The dimmest month is October, down near 4.3 kWh/m² — roughly 28% less than the April peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.1 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.7 | Bright |
| Mar | 6.0 | Intense |
| Apr | 6.0 | Intense |
| May | 5.3 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.8 | Bright |
| Jul | 4.7 | Bright |
| Aug | 4.7 | Bright |
| Sep | 4.5 | Bright |
| Oct | 4.3 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.6 | Bright |
| Dec | 4.5 | Bright |
Where is Cai Lậy?
Cai Lậy sits at 10.4°N, 106.1°E, 3 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Vĩnh Long, 23 km away.
Topography around Cai Lậy
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cai Lậy.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Cai Lậy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m.
The land around Cai Lậy is covered by trees (78%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.
Vietnam travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 1
- Exercise Normal Precautions
- Power plugs
- Type A / B / C / F
- 220 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 29% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $5,066
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.4 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 59%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 1.5
- per 100k, 2011
- Road deaths
- 30.6
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- Upper middle
- World Bank
- English
- Moderate
- EF EPI 500
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cai Lậy (10.4°, 106.1167°, elevation 3 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).