Phước Hòa weather in May

In May, Phước Hòa sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 230 mm of rain across 26 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Phước Hòa's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Phước Hòa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
230 mm
26 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:31 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
82%
8th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical May day in Phước Hòa reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Phước Hòa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
7 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Phước Hòa weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°122.411.44.4
Feb34° / 22°132.511.63.8
Mar34° / 24°548.611.93.1
Apr33° / 25°12416.412.32.8
May32° / 24°2302612.52.5
Jun30° / 24°29227.212.72.7
Jul30° / 24°34829.712.62.7
Aug30° / 24°35829.812.42.7
Sep29° / 23°34928.712.12.7
Oct30° / 23°25324.611.73.2
Nov31° / 23°9711.611.44.3
Dec31° / 22°355.211.34.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33367
43070
52872
62773
72575
82476
92377
102179
111882
121783
131585
141585
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Phước Hòa gets around 230 mm of rain over 26 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 83% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
169
270
371
473
574
675
777
878
979
1080
1181
1282
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1484
1585
1685
1786
1887
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2088
2189
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2790
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
145343
245145
335146
434948
534849
624751
724652
824553
924454
1014356
1114356
1214257
1314158
1414158
1504060
1603961
1703862
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1903763
2003664
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2303466
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Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:366:01
212.45:366:02
312.45:356:02
412.55:356:02
512.55:346:02
612.55:346:02
712.55:346:02
812.55:336:03
912.55:336:03
1012.55:336:03
1112.55:326:03
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Phước Hòa

In seasonPeak

In May, Phước Hòa sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Phước Hòa's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Phước Hòa?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Phước Hòa.

What to pack for Phước Hòa in May

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

In May, Phước Hòa sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Phước Hòa in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Phước Hòa peaks around August 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 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 17UV 13Nov 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Phước Hòa in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Phước Hòa is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 19 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1844 µg/m³Dec 1320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar46Poor
Apr36Poor
May26Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Phước Hòa?

Phước Hòa sits at 12.1°N, 107.1°E, 329 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Gia Nghĩa, 63 km away.

Bảo LộcEa T’lingMémótBuôn Trấp

Topography around Phước Hòa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Phước Hòa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m around an average of 349 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 598 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,539 m.

The land around Phước Hòa is covered by trees (93%) within 3 km, trees (96%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
158 m
16 km
598 m
80 km
1,539 m
treesgrasslandcroplandwater
May weather nearby: Gia Nghĩa 63 km · Đồng Xoài 68 km · Snuol 76 km · Chơn Thành 91 km · Bảo Lộc 97 km · Ea T’ling 101 km · Mémót 106 km · Buôn Trấp 108 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 Phước Hòa (12.1°, 107.1167°, elevation 329 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).