Yên Bái weather in May

In May, Yên Bái sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 294 mm of rain across 20 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of May to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Yên Bái's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yên Bái's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
294 mm
20 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:26 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
76%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Yên Bái is provincial city in Yên Bái province, Vietnam.

Density
942/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Yên Bái reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C warmer than April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13124
23124
33124
43124
53124
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How May really feels in Yên Bái

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
4 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.

Yên Bái weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 14°438.910.86.1
Feb21° / 16°337.311.36.5
Mar24° / 18°7010.511.86.4
Apr29° / 22°12613.112.55.1
May31° / 25°29420133.3
Jun32° / 26°39823.213.32.4
Jul32° / 26°40725.613.22.3
Aug32° / 26°4152512.72.5
Sep31° / 25°22919.612.13.3
Oct29° / 23°11512.511.55.4
Nov25° / 19°648117.0
Dec21° / 16°427.910.76.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33070
43070
53070
63070
73070
83070
93070
103070
112872
122872
132773
142674
152575
162575
172476
182476
192278
202179
212080
221981
231882
241882
251684
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281486
291387
301387
311288

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Yên Bái gets around 294 mm of rain over 20 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 64% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
153
254
355
456
557
658
759
859
960
1060
1161
1262
1362
1463
1563
1664
1765
1865
1966
2066
2167
2268
2369
2470
2571
2671
2772
2873
2974
3074
3175

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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14164040
24154041
33153943
43153844
53143746
62143648
72143549
82133451
92133352
102133253
112123254
121123156
131123156
141113058
151113058
161102960
171102960
181102861
19192862
20192763
21182665
22082666
23072568
24072469
25062371
26062272
27052174
28041977
29041878
30031780
31031681

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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275calm
285calm
295calm
304calm
314calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of May to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:34 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:346:21
212.85:336:22
312.85:336:22
412.85:326:22
512.95:316:23
612.95:316:23
712.95:306:24
812.95:306:24
912.95:296:25
1012.95:286:25
1113.05:286:25
1213.05:276:26
1313.05:276:26
1413.05:266:27
1513.05:266:27
1613.05:266:28
1713.05:256:28
1813.15:256:29
1913.15:246:29
2013.15:246:29
2113.15:246:30
2213.15:236:30
2313.15:236:31
2413.15:236:31
2513.25:226:32
2613.25:226:32
2713.25:226:33
2813.25:226:33
2913.25:226:33
3013.25:216:34
3113.25:216:34

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.19 kWh/m² to a high of 4.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 4.54 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
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44.5Bright
54.5Bright
64.5Bright
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94.6Bright
104.6Bright
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164.5Bright
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184.5Bright
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214.5Bright
224.5Bright
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244.5Bright
254.5Bright
264.5Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Yên Bái

In seasonPeak

In May, Yên Bái sits inside its pacific typhoon and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Yên Bái sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Yên Bái's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Yên Bái?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yên Bái.

What to pack for Yên Bái in May

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

In May, Yên Bái sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yên Bái in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yên Bái peaks around June 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 19 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 22UV 13Nov 19UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb7High
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov5High
Dec6High

Air quality in Yên Bái 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 Yên Bái is worst in December — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.9× the cleanest month (July, 29 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyDec 2383 µg/m³Jul 2029 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan83Unhealthy
Feb78Unhealthy
Mar78Unhealthy
Apr72Unhealthy
May50Poor
Jun36Poor
Jul29Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep42Poor
Oct57Unhealthy
Nov73Unhealthy
Dec83Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Yên Bái?

Yên Bái sits at 21.7°N, 104.9°E, 45 m above sea level, in Vietnam. The nearest listed city is Tuyên Quang, 33 km away.

Topography around Yên Bái

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yên Bái has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 63 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 707 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,934 m.

The land around Yên Bái is covered by trees (79%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
707 m
80 km
2,934 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Tuyên Quang 33 km · Nghĩa Lộ 43 km · Phú Thọ 48 km · Việt Trì 68 km · Cổ Đô 68 km · Thị Trấn Đại Từ 76 km · Thị Trấn Việt Quang 78 km · Bắc Quang 85 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 Yên Bái (21.7229°, 104.9113°, elevation 45 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). 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).