Hanoi Holiday Weather today
Date/time of update: November 21, 2024, 1:39 am, Timezone: GMT+7
Clear Sky
Temperature: 21.03°C
Temperature feels like: 20.86°C
Minimum Temperature: 21.03°C
Maximum Temperature: 21.03°C
Atmospheric pressure: 1020hPa
Humidity:64%
Visibility: 10000m
Wind speed: 5.14m/sec
Wind Direction: 50 degrees
Cloudiness: 0%
Sunrise: 2024-11-20 11:10:55
Sunset: 2024-11-21 10:14:07
Hanoi is located in the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam. The capital of Vietnam has a tropical monsoon climate: summer from May through July, autumn from late August through October, winter from mid November through February, spring from February through April.
Travel Guide Hanoi Weather, Best Time to Visit
1/ Overview
It is often cold and dry during the winter months but there may be light rains for a couple of days each time a new spell of Cold Northeasterly Monsoon hits the capital city.
From February through March there may be light rains (rain dusts) in Hanoi which makes the air quite damp. The most serious moist air can be found at the end of March and at the beginning of April. It may get foggy during this time.
In the period from June through July sometimes August, there may be hit strikes in Hanoi which may make the temperatures high to 38-40oC. During a heat strike, the sun is strong and the humidity is high.
Hoan Kiem Lake - Hanoi - Vietnam
From June through October or sometimes November, Hanoi may be affected by tropical depressions or typhoons. It may rain for 3-7 days when affected by a typhoon or tropical depression. The winds can be violent during a storm but the city is far inland so the destructive powers are much reduced.
From September through October and sometimes the early half of November, it is autumn in Hanoi with mild sun, dry and breezy weather mostly except for during the time of occasional typhoons or tropical depressions.
2/ Hanoi’s Weather by Month
- January: sun, clouds, isolated light rains, 19-27oC
- February: cold and relatively dry, possible light rains, 9-25oC
- March: some sun, mostly clouds, some fogs, light rains, many wet days, 17-31oC
- April: sun, clouds, light rains, 23-34oC
- May: sun mostly, clouds, 24-33oC.
- June: sun, some possible heat strikes, some rains, 28-40oC.
- July: sun, some possible heat strikes, some rains, possible typhoons, 28-40oC.
- August: sun, clouds, rains, possible typhoons, 26-37oC.
- September: sun, clouds, rains, possible typhoons, 25-35oC.
- October: sun, clouds, rains, 16-32oC.
- November: sun, clouds, rains, 16-29oC.
- December: sun, clouds, some light rains, 8-27oC.
3/ The Best Time for Nice Weather to Visit Hanoi
The best time for nice weather to travel to Hanoi is during the dry time from December through April and during autumn from September to the first half of November. Keep in mind that there may be typhoons in September which may bring along torrential rains for about 3 days each.
Hanoi weather and climate