Climate and average weather in Hương Thủy

In Hương Thủy, the summers are oppressive, hot, showery, and mostly cloudy and the winters are warm and partly cloudy.

Best: late December to mid April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Hương Thủy typically varies from 20°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 18°C or above 35°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 Hương Thủy for warm-weather activities is from late December to mid April.

Hottest
Jun
33°
Coldest
Jan
20°
Wettest
Oct
341 mm
Driest
Jun
50 mm
Rain / yr
1833 mm
165 wet days
Daylight
11.0–13.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
9 m
16.4°N
Clearest
Mar
53% cloud

Hương Thủy 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 December to mid April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 5 to September 12, with daily high temperatures above 31°C. The hottest month of the year in Hương Thủy is June, with an average high of 33°C and low of 28°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from December 1 to March 1, with daily high temperatures below 26°C. The coldest month of the year in Hương Thủy is January, with an average low of 20°C and high of 24°C.

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

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2420
Feb2521
Mar2723
Apr2925
May3127
Jun3328
Jul3328
Aug3228
Sep3127
Oct2825
Nov2724
Dec2422

How hot and cold Hương Thủy 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, Hương Thủy feels like about 42°C (around July 6). About 201 days a year carry some heat stress, and 119 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in July.

20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan24242020
Feb25252121
Mar28272323
Apr35292525
May39312727
Jun42332828
Jul42332828
Aug41322828
Sep38312727
Oct33282525
Nov27272424
Dec24242122

Average hourly temperature in Hương Thủy

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 20°C.

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

Hương Thủy 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
Jan24° / 20°12914.411.16.2
Feb25° / 21°691011.46.8
Mar27° / 23°717.811.97.0
Apr29° / 25°646.912.45.8
May31° / 27°8710.712.84.1
Jun33° / 28°508.4133.4
Jul33° / 28°7210.912.93.3
Aug32° / 28°1081312.63.3
Sep31° / 27°30519.512.13.5
Oct28° / 25°34122.711.64.2
Nov27° / 24°30320.411.24.9
Dec24° / 22°23320.4115.2

Chance of rain

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

Hương Thủy gets about 1833 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 5.2 months, from around Aug 21 to Jan 26, peaking in October at about 73% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 16.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 341 mm over about 23 wet days; June is the driest, with 50 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetOct 23 · 73%Apr 16 · 22%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4714
Feb3510
Mar268
Apr237
May3411
Jun298
Jul3411
Aug4313
Sep6520
Oct7223
Nov6920
Dec6520

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Hương Thủy collects about 1833 mm of rain across 165 wet days — roughly 153 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 341 mm, while June is the driest at just 50 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 52% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec129697164875072108305341303233
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan12914
Feb6910
Mar718
Apr647
May8711
Jun508
Jul7211
Aug10813
Sep30520
Oct34123
Nov30320
Dec23320

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Hương Thủy, 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 December 31 and lasts for 4.4 months, ending around May 13. The clearest month is March, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 57% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 14 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around October 7. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 78% 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 9 · 62%Jun 13 · 19%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4258
Feb5446
Mar5743
Apr5149
May3565
Jun2278
Jul2674
Aug2278
Sep2773
Oct3961
Nov4357
Dec3367

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 10, brings about 13 hours of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 hours — a swing of roughly 2 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.16:255:32
Feb11.46:215:48
Mar11.96:035:56
Apr12.45:396:01
May12.85:236:09
Jun13.05:216:19
Jul12.95:286:22
Aug12.65:376:10
Sep12.15:415:46
Oct11.65:465:23
Nov11.25:585:11
Dec11.06:155:16

Sunny days

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

Hương Thủy averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 14 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.3 months, from around Dec 31 to May 10. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is September, down near 5 sunny days — about 62% fewer than the March peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedbrightMar 914 daysSep 63 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr10Mixed
May6Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug4Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct7Gloomy
Nov8Gloomy
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.

Hương Thủy 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 95% of the time. Even in December, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 5% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmuggymiserableoppressivehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan062245260
Feb031640356
Mar005194828
Apr00152768
May0001891
Jun0000496
Jul0000793
Aug0000991
Sep00001188
Oct00164053
Nov005205223
Dec141639374

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

The windier part of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Oct 7 to Apr 26. The windiest month is December, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 27 to Oct 6, with June the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 9 · 14 km/hJun 30 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr11calm
May9calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug8calm
Sep9calm
Oct12calm
Nov13light breeze
Dec13light breeze

Hazard calendar for Hương Thủy

In seasonPeak

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

Hương Thủy sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Hương Thủy's monsoon runs September–December, 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 Hương Thủy

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early January, Hương Thủy is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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 Hương Thủy for general outdoor tourist activities is from late December to mid April, with a peak score in the second week of March.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMar 9 · 7.1

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
Jan6.2good
Feb6.8good
Mar6.9good
Apr5.7good
May4.1fair
Jun3.4poor
Jul3.3poor
Aug3.3poor
Sep3.5poor
Oct4.2fair
Nov4.9fair
Dec5.2fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Hương Thủy for hot-weather activities run from mid February to late May and again from early June to early July, with a peak score in the third week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 15 · 7.5

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 Hương Thủy, 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 24°C), pack light clothes and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

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

Sea temperature near Hương Thủy

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 22°C.

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

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan23Refreshing
Feb22Refreshing
Mar23Refreshing
Apr25Warm
May28Warm
Jun29Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec24Warm

UV index (midday) in Hương Thủy 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 Hương Thủy peaks around August 12 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 highHighAug 12UV 13Dec 15UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr10Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Average hourly UV index in Hương Thủy

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)
Jan6.54.5
Feb74.5
Mar74.5
Apr7.55.5
May86
Jun8.56
Jul8.56.5
Aug86.5
Sep86
Oct75
Nov6.53.5
Dec5.51.5

Air quality in Hương Thủy 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 Hương Thủy is worst in April — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1130 µg/m³Aug 1115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Hương Thủy 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. Hương Thủy banks about 6,103 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan375
Feb359
Mar458
Apr514
May593
Jun615
Jul637
Aug624
Sep558
Oct518
Nov453
Dec400

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.

Hương Thủy receives about 4.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.5 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Mar 5 to Sep 19. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.7 kWh/m² — roughly 56% less than the May peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 36.1 kWhDec 152.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.2Moderate
Feb4.0Bright
Mar5.0Bright
Apr5.8Bright
May6.0Intense
Jun6.0Intense
Jul5.7Bright
Aug5.5Bright
Sep4.8Bright
Oct4.0Moderate
Nov3.3Moderate
Dec2.6Moderate

Where is Hương Thủy?

Hương Thủy sits at 16.4°N, 107.6°E, 9 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Hue, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Hương Thủy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hương Thủy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 614 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,057 m.

The land around Hương Thủy is covered by trees (50%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, trees (47%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
121 m
16 km
614 m
80 km
2,057 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Hue 7.0 km · Hương Trà 21 km · Phong Điền 34 km · thị xã Quảng Trị 61 km · Bà Nà 61 km · Thanh Khê 71 km · Hòa Cường 72 km · Ðông Hà 72 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 Hương Thủy (16.4218°, 107.64°, elevation 9 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).