Lào Cai weather in February

In February, Lào Cai sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 87 mm of rain across 17 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of February to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Lào Cai's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lào Cai's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 87 mm; 17 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:42 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 6th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical February day in Lào Cai reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 4°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	11
2	18	11
3	19	11
4	19	11
5	19	11
6	19	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	12
14	20	12
15	20	12
16	20	12
17	20	12
18	21	12
19	21	12
20	21	12
21	21	12
22	21	12
23	21	12
24	21	12
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	22	13
28	22	13

How February really feels in Lào Cai

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Lào Cai weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 11°	96	18.1	10.8	4.7
Feb	20° / 12°	87	17	11.2	5.0
Mar	24° / 15°	126	19	11.8	5.5
Apr	27° / 19°	129	17.6	12.5	5.2
May	29° / 22°	200	19.7	13.1	4.1
Jun	30° / 24°	242	22	13.4	3.3
Jul	30° / 24°	261	23.2	13.2	3.4
Aug	30° / 23°	268	22.4	12.8	3.6
Sep	28° / 22°	165	18.2	12.1	4.6
Oct	26° / 19°	118	16.6	11.5	5.7
Nov	23° / 15°	88	13.8	10.9	6.1
Dec	19° / 12°	92	14.1	10.6	5.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	43
Cloudier (%)	66	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	60	61	61	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	43	57

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Lào Cai gets around 87 mm of rain over 17 wet days in February, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 60% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	58
3	58
4	58
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	59
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	61
17	61
18	61
19	61
20	62
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	60

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 49% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	63	62	62	60	59	59	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	49	48	47	45	44	43	42	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	36
Comfortable (%)	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
Humid (%)	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	27
Muggy (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	63	31	6	0
2	62	32	6	0
3	62	32	6	0
4	60	33	7	0
5	59	34	7	0
6	59	34	7	0
7	57	35	8	0
8	56	35	9	0
9	55	36	9	0
10	54	36	10	0
11	53	36	11	0
12	52	36	12	0
13	51	36	13	0
14	49	36	14	1
15	48	36	15	1
16	47	36	16	1
17	45	36	17	1
18	44	36	19	1
19	43	36	20	1
20	42	36	21	1
21	41	36	21	2
22	40	35	22	2
23	40	35	23	2
24	39	35	24	2
25	38	35	24	2
26	38	35	25	2
27	37	35	26	3
28	36	35	27	3

Wind in February

Winds average 4 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of February to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:48 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:02 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33
Sunset (PM)	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	6:48	5:47
2	11.0	6:48	5:48
3	11.0	6:48	5:48
4	11.0	6:47	5:49
5	11.0	6:47	5:50
6	11.1	6:46	5:50
7	11.1	6:46	5:51
8	11.1	6:46	5:51
9	11.1	6:45	5:52
10	11.1	6:45	5:53
11	11.2	6:44	5:53
12	11.2	6:44	5:54
13	11.2	6:43	5:54
14	11.2	6:42	5:55
15	11.2	6:42	5:56
16	11.2	6:41	5:56
17	11.3	6:41	5:57
18	11.3	6:40	5:57
19	11.3	6:39	5:58
20	11.3	6:39	5:58
21	11.3	6:38	5:59
22	11.4	6:37	5:59
23	11.4	6:37	6:00
24	11.4	6:36	6:00
25	11.4	6:35	6:01
26	11.4	6:34	6:01
27	11.5	6:34	6:02
28	11.5	6:33	6:02

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.56 kWh/m² to a high of 4.91 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 3.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.8	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.7	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Lào Cai

In seasonPeak

None of Lào Cai's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Lào Cai's rainy season runs March–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Lào Cai?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Lào Cai for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lào Cai in February

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

In February, Lào Cai sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Lào Cai in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lào Cai peaks around June 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	6	8	11	8	10	14	13	12	10	8	7	5
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	7	High
Dec	5	High

Air quality in Lào Cai in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Lào Cai is worst in March — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (July, 17 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	36	40	49	48	30	19	17	18	23	28	33	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	36	Poor
Feb	40	Poor
Mar	49	Poor
Apr	48	Poor
May	30	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	33	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Lào Cai?

Lào Cai sits at 22.5°N, 104.0°E, 86 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Sapa, 21 km away.

Topography around Lào Cai

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lào Cai has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m around an average of 141 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,148 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,050 m.

The land around Lào Cai is covered by trees (65%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

298 m

trees 65%

16 km

2,148 m

trees 90%

80 km

3,050 m

trees 85%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Lào Cai year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Sapa 21 km · Thị Trấn Phố Lu 29 km · Lai Châu 54 km · Thị Trấn Việt Quang 86 km · Bắc Quang 92 km · Mường Lay 102 km · Ít Ong 108 km · Hà Giang 111 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

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 Lào Cai (22.4856°, 103.9707°, elevation 86 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	11
2	18	11
3	19	11
4	19	11
5	19	11
6	19	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	12
14	20	12
15	20	12
16	20	12
17	20	12
18	21	12
19	21	12
20	21	12
21	21	12
22	21	12
23	21	12
24	21	12
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	22	13
28	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	58
3	58
4	58
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	59
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	61
17	61
18	61
19	61
20	62
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	60

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	63	31	6	0
2	62	32	6	0
3	62	32	6	0
4	60	33	7	0
5	59	34	7	0
6	59	34	7	0
7	57	35	8	0
8	56	35	9	0
9	55	36	9	0
10	54	36	10	0
11	53	36	11	0
12	52	36	12	0
13	51	36	13	0
14	49	36	14	1
15	48	36	15	1
16	47	36	16	1
17	45	36	17	1
18	44	36	19	1
19	43	36	20	1
20	42	36	21	1
21	41	36	21	2
22	40	35	22	2
23	40	35	23	2
24	39	35	24	2
25	38	35	24	2
26	38	35	25	2
27	37	35	26	3
28	36	35	27	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	11
2	18	11
3	19	11
4	19	11
5	19	11
6	19	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	12
14	20	12
15	20	12
16	20	12
17	20	12
18	21	12
19	21	12
20	21	12
21	21	12
22	21	12
23	21	12
24	21	12
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	22	13
28	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	58
3	58
4	58
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	59
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	61
17	61
18	61
19	61
20	62
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	60

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	63	31	6	0
2	62	32	6	0
3	62	32	6	0
4	60	33	7	0
5	59	34	7	0
6	59	34	7	0
7	57	35	8	0
8	56	35	9	0
9	55	36	9	0
10	54	36	10	0
11	53	36	11	0
12	52	36	12	0
13	51	36	13	0
14	49	36	14	1
15	48	36	15	1
16	47	36	16	1
17	45	36	17	1
18	44	36	19	1
19	43	36	20	1
20	42	36	21	1
21	41	36	21	2
22	40	35	22	2
23	40	35	23	2
24	39	35	24	2
25	38	35	24	2
26	38	35	25	2
27	37	35	26	3
28	36	35	27	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	11
2	18	11
3	19	11
4	19	11
5	19	11
6	19	11
7	19	11
8	19	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	12
14	20	12
15	20	12
16	20	12
17	20	12
18	21	12
19	21	12
20	21	12
21	21	12
22	21	12
23	21	12
24	21	12
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	22	13
28	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	58
3	58
4	58
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	59
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	60
16	61
17	61
18	61
19	61
20	62
21	62
22	62
23	62
24	62
25	61
26	61
27	61
28	60

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	63	31	6	0
2	62	32	6	0
3	62	32	6	0
4	60	33	7	0
5	59	34	7	0
6	59	34	7	0
7	57	35	8	0
8	56	35	9	0
9	55	36	9	0
10	54	36	10	0
11	53	36	11	0
12	52	36	12	0
13	51	36	13	0
14	49	36	14	1
15	48	36	15	1
16	47	36	16	1
17	45	36	17	1
18	44	36	19	1
19	43	36	20	1
20	42	36	21	1
21	41	36	21	2
22	40	35	22	2
23	40	35	23	2
24	39	35	24	2
25	38	35	24	2
26	38	35	25	2
27	37	35	26	3
28	36	35	27	3