Hà Giang weather in August

In August, Hà Giang sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 318 mm of rain across 26.3 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Hà Giang's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hà Giang's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
318 mm
26.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:40 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
79%
8th clearest
Wind
3 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Hà Giang is capital city of Hà Giang province.

Density
411/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Hà Giang reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Hà Giang

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Hà Giang weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 12°10616.510.84.5
Feb19° / 13°8715.311.24.9
Mar22° / 16°12918.111.85.2
Apr26° / 19°16920.512.54.8
May29° / 22°2992413.13.8
Jun30° / 23°3742713.42.9
Jul30° / 24°39628.213.32.8
Aug30° / 23°31826.312.83.0
Sep29° / 22°18919.412.14.2
Oct26° / 19°12115.311.55.8
Nov23° / 16°9713.410.96.1
Dec19° / 12°8512.610.65.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Hà Giang gets around 318 mm of rain over 26.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 85% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 3 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:346:38
213.05:356:37
313.05:356:37
413.05:366:36
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613.05:366:35
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.45 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.03 kWh/m² to a high of 4.45 kWh/m² in August across the year — August's 4.45 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Hà Giang

In seasonPeak

In August, Hà Giang sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Hà Giang's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Hà Giang?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hà Giang.

What to pack for Hà Giang in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Hà Giang sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Hà Giang in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hà Giang peaks around June 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 21UV 13Dec 20UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr9Very high
May10Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High

Air quality in Hà Giang in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Hà Giang is worst in March — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (July, 19 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 2150 µg/m³Jul 2119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar50Poor
Apr49Poor
May34Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov38Poor
Dec43Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Hà Giang?

Hà Giang sits at 22.8°N, 105.0°E, 107 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Bắc Quang, 40 km away.

Thị Trấn Phố LuLào CaiTuyên QuangBắc KạnThị Trấn Nước HaiYên Bái

Topography around Hà Giang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hà Giang has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 m around an average of 198 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,993 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,490 m.

The land around Hà Giang is covered by trees (82%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
656 m
16 km
1,993 m
80 km
2,490 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Bắc Quang 40 km · Thị Trấn Việt Quang 49 km · Thị Trấn Phố Lu 99 km · Lào Cai 111 km · Tuyên Quang 114 km · Bắc Kạn 115 km · Thị Trấn Nước Hai 120 km · Yên Bái 123 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 Hà Giang (22.8233°, 104.9836°, elevation 107 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. 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).