Climate and average weather in Ngã Năm

In Ngã Năm, the weather is muggy, sweltering, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near sweltering levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around October.

Best: early January to early March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ngã Năm typically varies from 23°C to 34°C, and is rarely below 21°C or above 36°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Apr
34°
Coldest
Dec
24°
Wettest
Oct
343 mm
Driest
Feb
13 mm
Rain / yr
2182 mm
229 wet days
Daylight
11.4–12.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1 m
9.6°N
Clearest
Mar
55% cloud

Ngã Năm 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 early March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Ngã Năm stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is April, with an average high of 34°C and low of 26°C; the coolest is December, with an average low of 24°C and high of 30°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3023
Feb3124
Mar3325
Apr3426
May3326
Jun3225
Jul3125
Aug3125
Sep3125
Oct3124
Nov3024
Dec3024

How hot and cold Ngã Năm 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, Ngã Năm feels like about 42°C (around May 3). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, and 81 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.

20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan33302323
Feb34312424
Mar37332525
Apr40342626
May41332626
Jun40322525
Jul38312525
Aug38312525
Sep38312525
Oct37312424
Nov36302424
Dec33302324

Average hourly temperature in Ngã Năm

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 34°C, and coldest before dawn in December, near 24°C.

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

Ngã Năm 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
Jan30° / 23°264.511.55.3
Feb31° / 24°132.411.75.0
Mar33° / 25°456.511.93.9
Apr34° / 26°9113.812.22.9
May33° / 26°24126.712.42.1
Jun32° / 25°28027.912.52.3
Jul31° / 25°28729.712.52.4
Aug31° / 25°27929.312.32.4
Sep31° / 25°31728.912.12.4
Oct31° / 24°34328.211.82.6
Nov30° / 24°17419.911.63.5
Dec30° / 24°8810.911.54.8

Chance of rain

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

Ngã Năm gets about 2182 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 6.7 months, from around Apr 29 to Nov 19, peaking in October at about 97% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 5.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 343 mm over about 28 wet days; February is the driest, with 13 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetOct 2 · 97%Feb 5 · 8%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan155
Feb92
Mar227
Apr4614
May8527
Jun9328
Jul9630
Aug9529
Sep9629
Oct9128
Nov6520
Dec3611

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ngã Năm collects about 2182 mm of rain across 229 wet days — roughly 182 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 343 mm, while February is the driest at just 13 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2613459124128028727931734317488
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan265
Feb132
Mar457
Apr9114
May24127
Jun28028
Jul28730
Aug27929
Sep31729
Oct34328
Nov17420
Dec8811

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ngã Năm, 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 10 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around May 6. 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 7 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around November 9. The cloudiest month is September, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 93% 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 13 · 59%Sep 18 · 6%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3961
Feb5248
Mar5743
Apr4753
May1684
Jun892
Jul892
Aug793
Sep793
Oct1288
Nov2575
Dec2773

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 13, brings about 12 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, 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)
Jan11.56:225:52
Feb11.76:226:03
Mar11.96:096:05
Apr12.25:516:04
May12.45:416:07
Jun12.55:416:14
Jul12.55:486:18
Aug12.35:526:11
Sep12.15:505:53
Oct11.85:495:36
Nov11.65:565:29
Dec11.56:105:37

Sunny days

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

Ngã Năm averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.3 months, from around Nov 27 to May 5. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 0 sunny days — about 98% fewer than the March peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedMar 1510 daysJul 90 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb8Mixed
Mar10Mixed
Apr8Gloomy
May2Gloomy
Jun1Gloomy
Jul0Gloomy
Aug0Gloomy
Sep0Gloomy
Oct1Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

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.

Ngã Năm 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 97% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserableoppressivemuggy
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan341541
Feb242541
Mar0167310
Apr014950
May00892
Jun00595
Jul00991
Aug001288
Sep001684
Oct012673
Nov055044
Dec2216313

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 Ngã Năm is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 3.9 months, from around Dec 7 to Apr 3. The windiest month is February, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 21 to Dec 6, with October the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 25 · 12 km/hOct 16 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb11calm
Mar11calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun9calm
Jul10calm
Aug11calm
Sep10calm
Oct7calm
Nov8calm
Dec10calm

Hazard calendar for Ngã Năm

In seasonPeak

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

Ngã Năm sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Ngã Năm's rainy season runs May–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Best time to visit Ngã Năm

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late February, Ngã Năm 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 Ngã Năm for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to early March, with a peak score in the second week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 12 · 5.4

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
Jan5.3fair
Feb5.0fair
Mar3.9fair
Apr2.9poor
May2.2poor
Jun2.3poor
Jul2.4poor
Aug2.4poor
Sep2.4poor
Oct2.6poor
Nov3.5fair
Dec4.7fair

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 Ngã Năm for hot-weather activities is from mid December to early April, with a peak score in the first week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 5 · 7.7

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 Ngã Năm, 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.

Ngã Năm packs about the same all year — highs hold near 34°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Ngã Năm sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Ngã Năm

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 49 km away) is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in January near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr29Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index (midday) in Ngã Năm 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 Ngã Năm peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 22UV 13Jan 1UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Average hourly UV index in Ngã Năm

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 March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 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
Feb7.56
Mar86
Apr86.5
May86
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep86
Oct7.55.5
Nov75
Dec74.5

Air quality in Ngã Năm 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 Ngã Năm is worst in December — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (August, 27 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyDec 1556 µg/m³Aug 1327 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb40Poor
Mar38Poor
Apr39Poor
May37Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep35Poor
Oct49Poor
Nov53Poor
Dec57Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Ngã Năm 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. Ngã Năm banks about 6,546 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)
Jan515
Feb489
Mar582
Apr590
May599
Jun552
Jul555
Aug554
Sep532
Oct543
Nov520
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.

Ngã Năm receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.1 and 5.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.3 months, from around Jan 13 to May 22. The brightest month is March, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is October, down near 4.1 kWh/m² — roughly 30% less than the March peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 135.9 kWhOct 64.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.9Bright
Feb5.6Bright
Mar5.9Bright
Apr5.9Bright
May5.0Bright
Jun4.5Bright
Jul4.4Bright
Aug4.5Bright
Sep4.3Bright
Oct4.1Bright
Nov4.3Bright
Dec4.4Bright

Where is Ngã Năm?

Ngã Năm sits at 9.6°N, 105.6°E, 1 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Long Mỹ, 13 km away.

Topography around Ngã Năm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ngã Năm has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m.

The land around Ngã Năm is covered by cropland (77%) within 3 km, cropland (80%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
10 m
16 km
12 m
80 km
21 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
Nearby: Long Mỹ 13 km · Phú Lộc 22 km · Vị Thanh 28 km · Ấp Một 32 km · Bạc Liêu 33 km · Ngã Bảy 37 km · Phong Thạnh 39 km · Giá Rai 40 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 Ngã Năm (9.5651°, 105.599°, elevation 1 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).