Climate and average weather in Châu Đốc

In Châu Đốc, 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.

Best: late November to late February

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Châu Đốc typically varies from 23°C to 35°C, and is rarely below 20°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 Châu Đốc for warm-weather activities is from late November to late February.

Hottest
Apr
35°
Coldest
Dec
23°
Wettest
Oct
297 mm
Driest
Feb
13 mm
Rain / yr
1727 mm
212 wet days
Daylight
11.4–12.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
10 m
10.7°N
Clearest
Feb
52% cloud

Châu Đốc is provincial city of Vietnam.

Density
667/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Châu Đốc 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 late November to late February.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Châu Đốc, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Châu Đốc stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is April, with an average high of 35°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, with the widest day–night swing (around 9°C) in March.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3123
Feb3223
Mar3425
Apr3526
May3326
Jun3226
Jul3226
Aug3226
Sep3125
Oct3225
Nov3124
Dec3123

How hot and cold Châu Đốc really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

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, Châu Đốc feels like about 43°C (around May 4). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, and 185 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.

20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan34312323
Feb35322323
Mar38342525
Apr42352626
May42332626
Jun40322626
Jul39322626
Aug39322526
Sep39312525
Oct39322525
Nov36312424
Dec34312323

Average hourly temperature in Châu Đốc

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 35°C, and coldest before dawn in December, near 23°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Châu Đốc weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°234.111.44.9
Feb32° / 23°13211.64.5
Mar34° / 25°426.811.93.2
Apr35° / 26°1001512.22.3
May33° / 26°1852512.52.1
Jun32° / 26°20326.712.62.2
Jul32° / 26°21527.512.62.4
Aug32° / 26°22028.112.42.3
Sep31° / 25°27128.312.12.3
Oct32° / 25°29726.611.82.6
Nov31° / 24°11414.511.53.7
Dec31° / 23°477.411.44.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Châu Đốc gets about 1727 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 Apr 25 to Nov 6, peaking in September at about 95% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 9.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 297 mm over about 27 wet days; February is the driest, with 13 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 11 · 95%Feb 9 · 7%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan134
Feb82
Mar227
Apr5015
May8025
Jun8927
Jul8928
Aug9028
Sep9428
Oct8527
Nov4915
Dec247

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Châu Đốc collects about 1727 mm of rain across 212 wet days — roughly 144 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 297 mm, while February is the driest at just 13 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 46% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec23134210018520321522027129711447
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan234
Feb132
Mar427
Apr10015
May18525
Jun20327
Jul21528
Aug22028
Sep27128
Oct29727
Nov11415
Dec477

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Châu Đốc, 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 5 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around May 2. The clearest month is February, 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 3 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around November 4. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 95% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 7 · 63%Sep 6 · 4%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4951
Feb6040
Mar5941
Apr4555
May1684
Jun991
Jul892
Aug694
Sep595
Oct1486
Nov3367
Dec3961

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

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 26, 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.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.46:265:52
Feb11.66:256:04
Mar11.96:116:07
Apr12.25:536:07
May12.55:416:10
Jun12.65:416:18
Jul12.65:486:22
Aug12.45:536:14
Sep12.15:525:56
Oct11.85:525:37
Nov11.56:005:30
Dec11.46:145:37

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Châu Đốc 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 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.8 months, from around Nov 6 to May 1. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is September, down near 0 sunny days — about 96% fewer than the March peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedMar 612 daysSep 10 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr7Gloomy
May2Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov5Gloomy
Dec6Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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.

Châu Đốc 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 March, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 99% of the time. Even in December, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 3% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecoppressivemiserablemuggyhumid
Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan41237452
Feb2646442
Mar01286011
Apr0064252
May000892
Jun000595
Jul0001585
Aug0001882
Sep0001288
Oct0022474
Nov03144638
Dec313294411

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 Châu Đốc is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.0 months, from around May 21 to Sep 20. The windiest month is August, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 21 to Nov 29, with October the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeAug 3 · 12 km/hOct 13 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb8calm
Mar8calm
Apr7calm
May8calm
Jun10calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep9calm
Oct6calm
Nov8calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for Châu Đốc

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Châu Đốc's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Châu Đốc

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Châu Đốc throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late February, Châu Đốc 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 Châu Đốc for general outdoor tourist activities is from late November to late February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 2 · 5.0

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).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.9fair
Feb4.5fair
Mar3.2poor
Apr2.3poor
May2.1poor
Jun2.2poor
Jul2.4poor
Aug2.3poor
Sep2.3poor
Oct2.6poor
Nov3.7fair
Dec4.7fair

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 Châu Đốc for hot-weather activities is from late November to late March, with a peak score in the first week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 7 · 7.6

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 Châu Đốc, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

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.

Châu Đốc packs about the same all year — highs hold near 35°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Châu Đốc sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Châu Đốc

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 69 km away) is warmest in May at about 31°C and coldest in January near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May31Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index (midday) in Châu Đốc by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Châu Đốc peaks around August 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 18UV 13Nov 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Average hourly UV index in Châu Đốc

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan75
Feb7.55.5
Mar7.56
Apr86
May86
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86.5
Sep86
Oct7.55
Nov74.5
Dec74.5

Air quality in Châu Đốc by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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 Châu Đốc is worst in January — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 21 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorJan 1754 µg/m³Aug 1422 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar44Poor
Apr40Poor
May33Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct39Poor
Nov47Poor
Dec48Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Châu Đốc is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. Châu Đốc banks about 6,746 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan525
Feb498
Mar605
Apr611
May615
Jun568
Jul575
Aug575
Sep549
Oct560
Nov535
Dec530

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.

Châu Đốc receives about 5.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.4 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.7 months, from around Jan 16 to Jun 6. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is October, down near 4.5 kWh/m² — roughly 27% less than the April peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 106.1 kWhOct 54.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.2Bright
Feb5.8Bright
Mar6.0Intense
Apr6.1Intense
May5.5Bright
Jun5.0Bright
Jul4.8Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep4.6Bright
Oct4.4Bright
Nov4.7Bright
Dec4.8Bright

Where is Châu Đốc?

Châu Đốc sits at 10.7°N, 105.1°E, 10 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Châu Phong, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Châu Đốc

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Châu Đốc.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Châu Đốc has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 691 m.

The land around Châu Đốc is covered by cropland (50%) within 3 km, cropland (79%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
246 m
80 km
691 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Châu Phong 3.0 km · Tân Châu 17 km · Ấp Long Thạnh 18 km · Tịnh Biên 23 km · Hồng Ngự 28 km · Kiến An 31 km · Cô Tô 40 km · Phumĭ Véal Srê 48 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
none 86%Catholic 6%Buddhist 6%Protestant 1%

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 Châu Đốc (10.7°, 105.1167°, elevation 10 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).