Climate and average weather in Hà Tĩnh

In Hà Tĩnh, the summers are oppressive, hot, showery, and mostly cloudy and the winters are mild and mostly cloudy.

Best: late January to mid April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Hà Tĩnh typically varies from 17°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 13°C or above 36°C. June is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Hà Tĩnh for warm-weather activities is from late January to mid April.

Hottest
Jun
33°
Coldest
Jan
17°
Wettest
Oct
538 mm
Driest
Feb
67 mm
Rain / yr
2188 mm
170 wet days
Daylight
10.9–13.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
8 m
18.3°N
Clearest
Apr
61% cloud

Hà Tĩnh is province capital city in Vietnam.

Density
47/km²
people per km²
Founded
2007

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

Hà Tĩnh 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 January to mid April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.4 months, from May 2 to September 12, with daily high temperatures above 30°C. The hottest month of the year in Hà Tĩnh is June, with an average high of 33°C and low of 28°C.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from December 2 to February 26, with daily high temperatures below 23°C. The coldest month of the year in Hà Tĩnh is January, with an average low of 17°C and high of 21°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2117
Feb2218
Mar2520
Apr2823
May3126
Jun3328
Jul3328
Aug3227
Sep3026
Oct2724
Nov2521
Dec2218

How hot and cold Hà Tĩnh 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, Hà Tĩnh feels like about 40°C (around June 12). About 171 days a year carry some heat stress, and 52 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in June.

15°20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan21211717
Feb22221818
Mar25252020
Apr31282323
May37312626
Jun40332828
Jul39332828
Aug38322727
Sep35302626
Oct29272424
Nov25252121
Dec22221818

Average hourly temperature in Hà Tĩnh

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 June afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 17°C.

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

Hà Tĩnh 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
Jan21° / 17°10315.1115.4
Feb22° / 18°6712.111.46.0
Mar25° / 20°6910.111.96.7
Apr28° / 23°7710.512.45.7
May31° / 26°11813.612.94.0
Jun33° / 28°71813.13.4
Jul33° / 28°1269.6133.4
Aug32° / 27°19113.812.63.5
Sep30° / 26°39119.112.13.8
Oct27° / 24°53822.511.64.6
Nov25° / 21°27218.311.15.3
Dec22° / 18°16617.410.95.2

Chance of rain

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

Hà Tĩnh gets about 2188 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 5.5 months, from around Aug 20 to Feb 1, peaking in October at about 72% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 30.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 538 mm over about 23 wet days; February is the driest, with 67 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetOct 14 · 72%Jun 30 · 24%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4915
Feb4312
Mar3310
Apr3611
May4314
Jun278
Jul3110
Aug4514
Sep6419
Oct7123
Nov6218
Dec5517

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Hà Tĩnh collects about 2188 mm of rain across 170 wet days — roughly 182 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 538 mm, while February is the driest at just 67 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 55% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec10367697711871126191391538272166
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan10315
Feb6712
Mar6910
Apr7711
May11814
Jun718
Jul12610
Aug19114
Sep39119
Oct53823
Nov27218
Dec16617

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Hà Tĩnh, 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 January 31 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around May 17. The clearest month is April, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 44% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 18 and lasts for 4.1 months, ending around September 18. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 83% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 18 · 46%Jun 15 · 16%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2674
Feb3466
Mar4060
Apr4456
May3268
Jun1783
Jul2179
Aug1981
Sep2872
Oct4060
Nov3763
Dec2377

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 June 6, brings about 13 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.06:355:36
Feb11.46:305:52
Mar11.96:106:02
Apr12.45:446:09
May12.95:276:18
Jun13.15:246:29
Jul13.05:326:32
Aug12.65:426:19
Sep12.15:485:54
Oct11.65:545:29
Nov11.16:085:15
Dec10.96:255:20

Sunny days

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

Hà Tĩnh averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.3 months, from around Feb 4 to May 14. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 9 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is June, down near 3 sunny days — about 66% fewer than the April peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedApr 169 daysJun 142 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar8Gloomy
Apr8Mixed
May5Gloomy
Jun3Gloomy
Jul4Gloomy
Aug4Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct7Gloomy
Nov6Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

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.

In Hà Tĩnh, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.1 months, from around March 15 to November 17. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 18 to March 14, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 40% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 26 · 42%Apr 27 · 0%muggymiserableoppressivehumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan1821263140
Feb11162434150
Mar381530432
Apr016145127
May00152371
Jun00013465
Jul00005446
Aug00003862
Sep00043462
Oct015175521
Nov291832355
Dec13212629100

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 Hà Tĩnh is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.0 months, from around Oct 5 to Mar 5. The windiest month is December, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 6 to Oct 4, with August the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 12 · 14 km/hAug 31 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb11calm
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun10calm
Jul11calm
Aug10calm
Sep9calm
Oct12calm
Nov13light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Hazard calendar for Hà Tĩnh

In seasonPeak

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

Hà Tĩnh sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Hà Tĩnh's monsoon runs September–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Hà Tĩnh

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid April, Hà Tĩnh 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 Hà Tĩnh for general outdoor tourist activities is from late January to late April, with a peak score in the second week of March.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMar 12 · 6.8

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
Jan5.4fair
Feb6.0good
Mar6.6good
Apr5.7good
May4.0fair
Jun3.4poor
Jul3.4poor
Aug3.5poor
Sep3.8fair
Oct4.6fair
Nov5.3fair
Dec5.3fair

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 Hà Tĩnh for hot-weather activities is from early March to late August, with a peak score in the third week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 16 · 6.8

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 Hà Tĩnh, 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.

For a warm-season trip around June (highs near 33°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 21°C), pack rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In June, Hà Tĩnh sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Hà Tĩnh

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 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in February near 21°C.

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

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan22Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar22Refreshing
Apr24Warm
May28Warm
Jun29Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct28Warm
Nov26Warm
Dec23Refreshing

UV index (midday) in Hà Tĩnh 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 Hà Tĩnh peaks around July 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 20UV 13Dec 15UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Hà Tĩnh

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 July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 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)
Jan63.5
Feb74.5
Mar75
Apr7.55
May85.5
Jun8.56.5
Jul8.56.5
Aug8.56.5
Sep7.55.5
Oct75
Nov63.5
Dec5.51.5

Air quality in Hà Tĩnh 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 Hà Tĩnh is worst in April — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateApr 1159 µg/m³Jul 1715 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb35Poor
Mar54Poor
Apr60Unhealthy
May24Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Hà Tĩnh 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. Hà Tĩnh banks about 5,528 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around June.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan274
Feb279
Mar390
Apr474
May571
Jun608
Jul626
Aug601
Sep531
Oct479
Nov388
Dec307

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.

Hà Tĩnh receives about 4.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 5.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 16 to Sep 21. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.6 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 57% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 55.6 kWhDec 152.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.3Moderate
Mar4.2Bright
Apr5.2Bright
May5.6Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul5.4Bright
Aug5.0Bright
Sep4.3Bright
Oct3.6Moderate
Nov3.0Moderate
Dec2.4Moderate

Where is Hà Tĩnh?

Hà Tĩnh sits at 18.3°N, 105.9°E, 8 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Nghèn, 18 km away.

Topography around Hà Tĩnh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hà Tĩnh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,260 m.

The land around Hà Tĩnh is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and cropland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (36%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
485 m
80 km
2,260 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Nghèn 18 km · Hồng Lĩnh 29 km · Nghi Xuân 39 km · Bến Thủy 40 km · Vinh 43 km · Yên Vinh 44 km · Kỳ Anh 52 km · Diễn Thành 77 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 Tĩnh (18.3428°, 105.9057°, elevation 8 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). 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).