These are notes on Vietnam weather in March 2024 and what to know before planning travel holidays to Vietnam in 2024, be it your family holiday or your travelers’ Vietnam tours if you are a travel agency or tour company.
General Weather Patterns in Vietnam in March
March is spring in northern Vietnam, the dry season in the Central Coast of Vietnam, in the Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam.
The temperatures should be cool or pleasant in Northern Vietnam; pleasant, warm or hot in the North of the Central Coast, Mid and South of the Central Coast; mostly pleasant in the Central Highlands , hot Southern Vietnam.
The prevalent winds in Vietnam in March are the Northeasterly Wind, Southeasterly Wind and Southwesterly Wind. Northeasterly Wind may approach Northern Vietnam from the coast or blows through inland only: the former case causes light rain in the North and/or high moisture in the lowland of Northern Vietnam, and the latter case causes dry and pleasant weather in this whole region.
The Central Coast of Vietnam is to come under the impact of the Westerly Wind which blows from Laos and which is a foehn wind, hence dry air and warm or hot temperatures.
The Central Highlands and inland of Southern Vietnam are to be under influence by the Southwesterly Wind which, in March, comes from the Bengal Bay and which blow through these two regions after blowing through the continent including India, Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia. In March, the Southwesterly Wind is a foehn wind and the Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam are to have dry weather. The temperatures are mostly hot in Southern Vietnam and in places on low altitudes in the Central Highlands. Most of the Central Highlands are to enjoy dry weather with pleasant temperatures.
The Northeasterly Wind causes rough sea all over Vietnam from the North to the South including the Con Dao Islands and the Phu Quoc Island in March.
Possible Dangers From Extreme Weather: Landslides, Rock Slides, Flash Floods
There are very low chances of weather dangers in Vietnam in March. There may be thick fog in the far-northern mountains which may make travel difficult on mountainous roads. Also, thick fog may affect negatively on flights to and from the Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi.
If there were risks from weather conditions, they should to be updated in the list below.
1/ Northern Vietnam
None
2/ Central Highlands and Central Coast of Vietnam
None.
3/ Southern Vietnam
None
First 10 Days of March 2024
Most of Northern Vietnam enjoyed pleasant temperatures with some light rain and some days with moist air and fog.
The Central Coast and Southern Vietnam had hot temperatures of 35-37-39oC: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue.
The weather patterns and temperatures in different regions in the middle of the first ten days of March 2024 were as follows:
- Northeast of Vietnam: sun, clouds, 11-23oC;
- Northwest of Vietnam: sun, clouds, 14-29oC in Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai; sun, clouds, some isolated rain, 13-34oC Son La and Dien Bien, 11-28oC in Lai Chau;
- Lowlands in northern Vietnam: sun, clouds, 16-29oC;
- North of the Central Coast: sun, clouds, 18-32oC mostly, 22-39oC for a couple of days;
- Central Coast from Quang Binh to Hue: sun, clouds, 18-37oC;
- Central Coast from Da Nang to Quang Ngai: sun, clouds, 22-33oC;
- Central Coast from Quy Nhon to Tuy Hoa: sun, clouds, 24-33oC;
- Central Coast from Nha Trang: sun, clouds, 24-30oC;
- Central Coast in Phan Rang-Thap Cham : sun, 23-32oC;
- Central Coast in Phan Thiet: sun, 24-31oC;
- Central Highlands: sun, 21-37oC;
- East of Southern Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh): sun, 26-37oC.
- West of Southern Vietnam ( The Mekong Delta): sun, clouds, 25-37oC.
The Phu Quoc Island had sun, clouds, 26-32oC.
The Con Dao Islands had sun, clouds, 27-31oC.
Second 10 Days of March 2024
In the second 10 days of March 2024, excellent weather returned to Northern Vietnam with mild sunshine and cool or pleasant temperatures.
The Central Coast of Vietnam and Central Highlands had dry weather with pleasant temperatures.
Southern Vietnam had hot temperatures.
The weather in different regions in Vietnam at the beginning of the second decade of March 2024:
- Northeast of Vietnam: sun, clouds, 18-24oC;
- Northwest of Vietnam: sun, clouds, 17-23C in Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai; sun, clouds, 14-29oC in Son La, Dien Bien; 14-23oC in Lai Chau;
- Lowlands in northern Vietnam: sun, clouds, 16-23oC;
- North of the Central Coast: sun, clouds, 20-24oC;
- Central Coast from Quang Binh to Hue: sun, clouds, some isolated rain, 19-29oC;
- Central Coast from Da Nang to Quang Ngai: sun, clouds, 22-29oC;
- Central Coast from Quy Nhon, Tuy Hoa to Nha Trang: sun, clouds, 23-30oC;
- Central Coast from Phan Rang-Thap Cham to Phan Thiet: sun, clouds, 23-32/31oC.
- Central Highlands: sun, clouds, 20-33/34oC mostly.
- East of Southern Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh): sun, clouds, 26-36oC;
- West of Southern Vietnam ( The Mekong Delta): sun, clouds, 25-35/37oC;
In mid of the second decade of March 2024, there was drizzle and moist air in the North in the morning for a couple of days.
18-March There was a spell of the Northeasterly Wind in Northern Vietnam which caused some light drizzle and which made indoor air dry. Central Coast and most of Central Highlands had lovely temperatures and sunshine. Southern Vietnam had hot temperatures reaching 35-37oC. There had been a drought in the Mekong Delta.
Due to the arrival of the cool Northeasterly Wind on 18 & 19-March, there was rain in Northern and North of the Central Coast of Vietnam. Rainfalls measured in 12 hours from 19:00 hours 18-March: Lục Ngạn (Bắc Giang) 94.0mm, Tp. Bắc Ninh 66.6mm, Thanh Lương (Hanoi) 62.6mm, Lạc Sỹ (Hòa Bình) 52.9mm, Văn Lăng (Thái Nguyên) 51.2mm, Tp. Nam Định 51.0mm,…
Rainfalls measured in 8 hours from 07:00 hours 19-March: Như Thanh (Thanh Hóa) 61.4mm, Yên Thượng (Nghệ An) 125.4mm, Đức Bồng (Hà Tĩnh) 145.2mm,…
Last 10 Days of March 2024
In the last decade of March 2024, Northern Vietnam mostly had pleasant temperatures, drizzle, moist indoor air.
The Central Coast of Vietnam had sunshine with pleasant temperatures mostly.
The Central Highlands had pleasant temperature son high altitudes, hot temperatures on low altitudes.
Southern Vietnam continued to have strong sun with hot temperatures, lack of fresh water in the Mekong Delta.
Regional weather at the beginning of the last 10 days of March 2024
- Northeast : clouds, some rain, 20-27oC;
- Northwest : clouds, some rain, 20-28oC in Hoa Binh, Yen Bai & Lao Cai; sun, clouds, 18-32oC in Son La, Dien Bien, 16-26oC in Lai Chau;
- Lowlands in Northern Vietnam: clouds, rain, 21-28oC ;
- North of the Central Coast (Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh) : some sun & clouds, rain, 21-27/23-31oC;
- Mid Central Coast to the north of Hai Van (Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue): sun, clouds, rain in Quang Binh, 23-32/29oC;
- Mid Central Coast to the south of Hai Van (Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai): sun, clouds, 24-32oC;
- South Central Coast (Quy Nhon – Nha Trang): sun, clouds, 25-31/32oC
- South Central Coast ( Phan Rang-Thap Cham) : sun, clouds, rain, 25-33oC;
- South Central Coast ( Phan Thiet) : sun, clouds, 26-31oC;
- Central Highlands (Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Lam Dong) : sun, clouds, 22-36oC;
- East of Southern Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh): sun, clouds, 26-36/37oC;
- West of Southern Vietnam ( The Mekong Delta): sun, clouds, 26-36/37oC;
The Phu Quoc Island had sun, clouds, showers, 26-32oC.
Con Dao Islands had sun, clouds, some showers, 27-32oC.
At the end of the month, there were hails in several places in Vietnam: Son La, Yên Bái, Hà Giang, Phú Thọ, Da Lat.
There was a brief heat strike in many places in the Central Coast, on low altitude in the Central Highlands, and in Southern Vietnam with high temperatures recorded on 31-March-2024: Sông Mã (Sơn La) 38.8oC, Phù Yên (Sơn La) 39.5oC, Mai Châu (Hòa Bình) 39.2oC, Đô Lương (Nghệ An) 39.2oC, Hương Khê (Hà Tĩnh) 38.6oC, Đồng Hới (Quảng Bình) 39.2oC, Tuyên Hóa (Quảng Bình) 39.1oC, Đông Hà (Quảng Trị) 38.6oC,..
Rainfalls measured in 3 hours (13:00 to 16:00 of 31-March-2024): Kbang 86,8mm (Gia Lai); Tân Hà-Lâm Hà 74,4mm, Hoài Đức-Lâm Hà 72mm (Lâm Đồng);
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