Climate and average weather in Kiên Hải

In Kiên Hải, the weather is oppressive, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around September.

Best: early January to mid March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Kiên Hải typically varies from 25°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 23°C or above 31°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while September is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Kiên Hải for warm-weather activities are from early January to mid March and mid December to late December.

Hottest
Apr
30°
Coldest
Sep
26°
Wettest
Sep
380 mm
Driest
Feb
13 mm
Rain / yr
2369 mm
219 wet days
Daylight
11.4–12.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
18 m
10.0°N
Clearest
Mar
51% cloud

Kiên Hải 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 January to mid March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Kiên Hải stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is April, with an average high of 30°C and low of 27°C; the coolest is September, with an average low of 26°C and high of 28°C.

Days typically run about 3°C warmer than nights year-round.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2825
Feb2925
Mar3026
Apr3027
May2927
Jun2927
Jul2827
Aug2826
Sep2826
Oct2826
Nov2926
Dec2825

How hot and cold Kiên Hải 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, Kiên Hải feels like about 37°C (around May 2). About 280 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in May.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan30282525
Feb32292525
Mar33302626
Apr36302727
May36292727
Jun35292727
Jul34282627
Aug34282626
Sep33282626
Oct32282626
Nov32292626
Dec31282525

Average hourly temperature in Kiên Hải

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 30°C, and coldest before dawn in September, near 26°C.

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

Kiên Hải 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
Jan28° / 25°214.711.56.8
Feb29° / 25°13311.76.6
Mar30° / 26°387.211.95.7
Apr30° / 27°9215.612.24.4
May29° / 27°26726.512.53.2
Jun29° / 27°34626.812.63.2
Jul28° / 27°3732812.53.3
Aug28° / 26°35027.712.33.4
Sep28° / 26°38026.912.13.5
Oct28° / 26°31627.511.83.5
Nov29° / 26°11916.811.54.6
Dec28° / 25°548.711.46.0

Chance of rain

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

Kiên Hải gets about 2369 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 6.6 months, from around Apr 24 to Nov 11, peaking in October at about 93% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 17.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 380 mm over about 27 wet days; February is the driest, with 13 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetOct 6 · 93%Feb 17 · 11%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan165
Feb113
Mar247
Apr5216
May8527
Jun8927
Jul9028
Aug8928
Sep9027
Oct8728
Nov5617
Dec289

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Kiên Hải collects about 2369 mm of rain across 219 wet days — roughly 197 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 380 mm, while February is the driest at just 13 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 47% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2113389226734637335038031611954
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan215
Feb133
Mar387
Apr9216
May26727
Jun34627
Jul37328
Aug35028
Sep38027
Oct31628
Nov11917
Dec549

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Kiên Hải, 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 11 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around May 5. The clearest month is March, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 62% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 6 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around November 10. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 91% 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 11 · 65%Sep 4 · 8%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb6040
Mar6238
Apr4951
May2080
Jun1189
Jul1090
Aug991
Sep991
Oct1684
Nov3169
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 June 4, 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)
Jan11.56:265:54
Feb11.76:256:05
Mar11.96:126:08
Apr12.25:546:07
May12.55:436:11
Jun12.65:436:18
Jul12.55:506:22
Aug12.35:556:15
Sep12.15:535:57
Oct11.85:525:39
Nov11.56:005:32
Dec11.46:145:39

Sunny days

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

Kiên Hải averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 13 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.6 months, from around Nov 13 to May 2. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is September, down near 1 sunny days — about 95% fewer than the March peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightMar 1213 daysSep 80 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May3Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul1Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov5Gloomy
Dec7Gloomy

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.

Kiên Hải 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 January, 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 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecoppressivemiserablemuggy
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan423711
Feb117802
Mar038017
Apr003268
May00397
Jun00397
Jul00793
Aug00892
Sep002179
Oct015247
Nov086923
Dec322677

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 Kiên Hải is typically light breeze, near 16 km/h, and varies a lot with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.5 months, from around May 18 to Oct 1. The windiest month is August, averaging about 23 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Oct 2 to May 17, with January the calmest month at about 13 km/h.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezebreezywindyAug 4 · 24 km/hJan 14 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May16light breeze
Jun20breezy
Jul22breezy
Aug23breezy
Sep20breezy
Oct14light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Hazard calendar for Kiên Hải

In seasonPeak

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

Kiên Hải sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Kiên Hải's monsoon runs May–October, 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 Kiên Hải

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early March, Kiên Hải 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 Kiên Hải for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid December to mid March, with a peak score in the second week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 9 · 7.0

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
Jan6.8good
Feb6.6good
Mar5.7good
Apr4.4fair
May3.2poor
Jun3.2poor
Jul3.3poor
Aug3.4poor
Sep3.5fair
Oct3.5poor
Nov4.6fair
Dec6.0good

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 Kiên Hải for hot-weather activities is from early December to early April, with a peak score in the last week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 23 · 8.2

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 Kiên Hải, 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.

Kiên Hải packs about the same all year — highs hold near 30°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Kiên Hải sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Kiên Hải

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

The sea offshore 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 Kiên Hải 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 Kiên Hải peaks around August 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 20UV 13Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Average hourly UV index in Kiên Hải

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
Mar86
Apr86
May86
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86.5
Sep86
Oct7.55
Nov75
Dec74.5

Air quality in Kiên Hải 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 Kiên Hải is worst in January — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorJan 145 µg/m³Aug 1519 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan45Poor
Feb37Poor
Mar33Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov42Poor
Dec45Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Kiên Hải 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. Kiên Hải banks about 6,330 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)
Jan505
Feb472
Mar552
Apr554
May568
Jun534
Jul540
Aug534
Sep512
Oct529
Nov515
Dec515

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.

Kiên Hải receives about 5.0 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 4.4 months, from around Jan 12 to May 24. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is September, down near 4.5 kWh/m² — roughly 26% less than the April peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 76.1 kWhSep 264.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.1Bright
Feb5.7Bright
Mar6.0Intense
Apr6.1Intense
May5.3Bright
Jun4.6Bright
Jul4.5Bright
Aug4.7Bright
Sep4.5Bright
Oct4.4Bright
Nov4.7Bright
Dec4.7Bright

Where is Kiên Hải?

Kiên Hải sits at 10.0°N, 104.8°E, 18 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Rạch Giá, 26 km away.

Topography around Kiên Hải

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kiên Hải has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 400 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 400 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 691 m.

The land around Kiên Hải is covered by water (85%) within 3 km, water (98%) within 16 km, and water (48%) and cropland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
400 m
16 km
400 m
80 km
691 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
Nearby: Rạch Giá 26 km · Xóm Cái Nước 34 km · Óc Eo 45 km · Cô Tô 46 km · Núi Sập 56 km · Hà Tiên 60 km · Cờ Đỏ 65 km · Vĩnh Thạnh 66 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 Kiên Hải (9.9727°, 104.8475°, elevation 18 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).