These are notes on Vietnam weather in May 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 operator.
General Weather Patterns in Vietnam in May
May is summer in northern Vietnam with pleasant or hot temperatures mostly (24-30oC or 26-38oC), the dry and hot season in the Central Coast of Vietnam. May is the beginning of the rainy season in the Central Highlands and southern Vietnam with temperatures ranging from pleasant to hot: 28-37oC.
The prevalent winds in Vietnam in May are the Northeasterly Wind, Southeasterly Wind, Westerly Wind and Southwesterly Wind. The Northeasterly Wind, if any, is often weak and should affect the Northeast and lowland of northern Vietnam only. The wind causes cloudy weather with pleasant temperatures and some short-lived showers.
In May, it is more likely that the Northwest of Vietnam comes under the influence of the Westerly Wind or foehn wind from Laos which makes the air dry and the temperatures high (35-37oC): Hoa Binh, Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Lao Cai.
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 with the high of 36-38oC.
The Central Highlands and inland of southern Vietnam are to be under influence by the Southwesterly Wind which, in May, comes from the Equator which causes daily short-lived rain and pleasant temperatures. Depending on each year, the Southwesterly Wind may come from the Bengal Bay in the first 10 days of May which is a foehn wind and which causes hot temperatures and dry air.
The sea should be calm all over Vietnam from the North to the South including the Con Dao Islands and the Phu Quoc Island in May.
Possible Dangers From Extreme Weather: Landslides, Rock Slides, Flash Floods
There are very low chances of weather dangers in Vietnam in May. In May, sunlight is strong, especially at mid days and the temperatures are high in several places. Possible health problems caused by extreme weather include: sunstroke, heatstroke, hails, dehydration.
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
Strong gusts of wind may cause corrugated steel roofing sheets from houses to fly around and/or tree falls which is very dangerous.
Heavy rain may cause temporary floods in streets in cities which may cause accidents related to the open sewage system. It has happened that people get swept away into the sewage system due to strong running water.
Vietnam Weather: First 10 Days of May 2024
At the beginning of May 2024 there were consecutive spells of the Northeasterly Wind in northern Vietnam which caused some showers, cloudy days and pleasant temperatures. The Northwest, the Central Coast of Vietnam had some days with pleasant temperatures. The Central Highlands and southern Vietnam started having rain at the beginning of the month which help to fight the ongoing drought and heat strike.
The weather patterns and temperatures in different regions at the beginning of the first ten days of May 2024 were as follows:
- Northeast of Vietnam: clouds, rain, 22-28oC;
- Northwest of Vietnam: clouds, rain, 22-30oC in Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai; clouds, rain, 21-31oC in Son La and Dien Bien Phu, 20-29oC in Lai Chau;
- Lowlands in northern Vietnam: clouds, rain, 24-28oC;
- North of the Central Coast: clouds, rain, 25-30oC;
- Central Coast from Quang Binh to Hue: clouds, rain, 24-32oC;
- Central Coast from Da Nang to Quang Ngai: sun, clouds, 25-33oC;
- Central Coast from Quy Nhon to Tuy Hoa: sun, clouds, rain, 26-33oC;
- Central Coast from Nha Trang: sun, clouds, rain, 26-35oC;
- Central Coast in Phan Rang-Thap Cham : sun, clouds, 26-35oC;
- Central Coast in Phan Thiet: sun, 27-34oC;
- Central Highlands (Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Lam Dong): sun, clouds, rain, 22-34oC;
- East of Southern Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh): sun, clouds, rain, 26-37oC.
- West of Southern Vietnam ( The Mekong Delta): sun, clouds, rain, 26-34/36oC.
The Phu Quoc Island had sun, clouds, rain, 27-33oC.
The Con Dao Islands had sun, clouds, rain, 29-33oC.
Rainfalls measured in 6 hours from 11:00 A.M of 5-May: Nậm Lành 2 81,4mm (Yên Bái); Tạ Khoa 52,8m (Sơn La); …
Rainfalls measured in 6 hours from 23:00 A.M of 5-May: Đồng Lạc 2 54.8mm (Bắc Kạn); Chiềng Muôn 49.8mm (Sơn La); Thịnh Hưng 44.4mm (Yên Bái); township of Na Hang 44.2mm (Tuyên Quang);
Hot temperatures measured on 7-May-2024 in Vietnam: Biên Hòa (Đồng Nai) 37.9oC, Thủ Dầu Một (Bình Dương) 37.2oC, Đồng Phú (Bình Phước) 38.0oC, Vĩnh Long 37.3oC,…
Rainfalls measured in 15 hours from 00:00 A.M of 8-May: Quang Trọng (Cao Bằng) 90.3mm, Đức Vân (Bắc Kạn) 59.4mm, Kỳ Lâm (Tuyên Quang) 73.2mm, Hoàng Nông (Thái Nguyên) 97mm, Hiền Lương (Hòa Bình) 62.8mm, Vụ Bản (Nam Định) 73.6mm,…
Rainfalls measured in 6 hours from 10:00 A.M of 8-May: Đại Lịch 63mm (Yên Bái); Ngọc Đồng 57,3mm (Phú Thọ); Tiền Phong 38,6mm (Hòa Bình);…
Rainfalls measured in 13 hours from 19:00 A.M of 8-May: Nghĩa Đô (Lào Cai) 168.2mm, Nhữ Hán (Tuyên Quang) 143.2mm, Bằng Mạc (Lạng Sơn) 123.4mm, Yên Thế (Yên Bái) 114.2mm, Bố Hạ (Bắc Giang) 128.2mm, Trung Hội (Thái Nguyên) 120mm, …
High temperatures on 8-May-2024: Phước Long (Bình Phước) 37.2oC, Tà Lài (Đồng Nai) 37.4oC, Thủ Dầu Một (Bình Dương) 38.0oC, Vĩnh Long 37.4oC…
Rainfalls measured in 24 hours from 02:00 A.M of 9-May: Nậm Cuồi 2 144.2mm (Lai Châu), Chiềng Khay 105mm (Sơn La), Mường Luân 3 89,4mm (Điện Biên), Du Già 3 67.2mm (Hà Giang), Hồng Trị 67.7mm (Cao Bằng)…
High temperatures on 10-May-2024 in southern Vietnam: Trị An (Đồng Nai) 38.1oC, Tà Lài (Đồng Nai) 37.4oC,…
Vietnam Weather: Second 10 Days of May 2024
In the second 10 days of May 2024, the North of Vietnam had pleasant temperatures mostly thanks to successive weak spells of the Northeasterly Wind. The Central Coast, the Central Highlands and southern Vietnam had rain and pleasant temperatures mostly; parts of southern Vietnam still had warm temperatures but the region had daily rain and the weather pattern has shifted to the rainy season. It seemed that Vietnam climate is to start undergoing the impact of La Nina in May 2024 with more rain in all over the country.
The weather in different regions in Vietnam at the end of the second decade of May 2024:
- Northeast of Vietnam (Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen...): sun, clouds, rain, 23-30oC;
- Northwest of Vietnam: sun, clouds, rain, 24-31C in Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, 24-33oC in Lao Cai; sun, clouds, rain, 22-32/33oC in Son La, Dien Bien; 21-29oC in Lai Chau;
- Lowlands in northern Vietnam (Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Halong Bay...): sun, clouds, rain, 24-32oC;
- North of the Central Coast (Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh): sun, clouds, rain, 24-33/34oC;
- Central Coast from Quang Binh, Quang Tri Hue: sun, clouds, rain, 27-34/35oC;
- Central Coast from Da Nang, Quang Nam to Quang Ngai: sun, clouds, rain, 27-34/36oC;
- Central Coast from Quy Nhon, Tuy Hoa to Nha Trang: sun, clouds, rain, 27-35/34oC;
- Central Coast from Phan Rang-Thap Cham to Phan Thiet: sun, clouds, rain, 27-36/34oC.
- Central Highlands (Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Lam Dong): clouds, rain, 22-32oC mostly.
- East of Southern Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh): sun, clouds, rain, 28-36/37oC;
- West of Southern Vietnam ( The Mekong Delta: Can Tho, Chau Doc, Vinh Long, Ben Tre, My Tho...): sun, clouds, rain, 26-34oC;
The Phu Quoc Island had sun, clouds, rain, 27-32oC.
The Con Dao Islands had sun, clouds, rain, 30-33oC.
High temperatures on 11-May-2024 in southern Vietnam: Biên Hòa (Đồng Nai) 36.8oC, Thủ Dầu Một (Bình Dương) 36.5oC, Mộc Hóa (Long An) 36.5oC,…
High temperatures on 12-May-2024 in southern Vietnam: Biên Hòa (Đồng Nai) 38.6oC, Trị An (Đồng Nai) 38.2oC, Thủ Dầu Một (Bình Dương) 38.1oC…
Rainfalls measured in 8 hours from 19:00 hours of 12-May-2024: Chúc Sơn (Hà Nội) 164.6mm, Hạ Hòa (Phú Thọ) 164mm, Ân Thi (Hưng Yên) 120mm, Mỹ Yên (Thái Nguyên) 103.2mm,…
Rainfalls measured in 3 hours from 13:00 hours of 14-May-2024: Sơn Nham 94.2mm; Sơn Màu 63.2mm (Quảng Ngãi); Đức Phú 56.8mm (Bình Thuận);...
High temperatures on 14-May-2024 in southern Vietnam: Trị An (Đồng Nai) 37.7 độ, Thủ Dầu Một (Bình Dương) 37.5, Đồng Phú (Bình Phước) 37.3 độ,..
Rainfalls measured in 8 hours from 19:00 hours of 14-May-2024: Ma Ký (Lai Châu) 30.8mm, Đàm Thủy (Cao Bằng) 31.6mm, Quảng Lâm (Quảng Ninh) 56.4mm,…
Rainfalls measured in 8 hours from 19:00 hours of 15-May-2024: Trương Lương (Cao Bằng) 120.6mm, Mỏ Vàng (Yên Bái) 112mm, Vạn Mai (Hòa Bình) 197.2mm, Trung Hội (Thái Nguyên) 133.6mm, Thọ Dân (Thanh Hóa) 151mm, …
Rainfalls measured in 12 hours from 19:00 hours of 16-May-2024: Bình Tiến (Thừa Thiên Huế) 116.8mm, Hòa Vang (Đà Nẵng) 134.6mm, Bình Lâm (Quảng Nam) 122.2mm,…
Heavy rain in Thua Thien-Hue Province. Rainfalls measured in 6 hours from 03:00 hours of 17-May-2024: Thủy Thanh 83.4mm. Bạch Mã 63.6mm...
Heavy rain in the Central Coast and Central Highlands. Rainfalls measured in 6 hours from 07:00 hours of 17-May-2024: Hải Thái 50.4mm (Quảng Trị); Zuoich 69.2mm (Quảng Nam); Mường Hoong 1 91mm (Kon Tum); Dak Buk So 41.2mm (Đắk Nông);...
Rainfalls measured in 24 hours from 01:00 hour of 18-May-2024: Đạ Chais 144.2mm (Lâm Đồng); Ea Kar 125mm (Đắk Lắk); Thành Sơn 111.7mm (Khánh Hòa);...
High temperatures on 18-May-2024 in in Vietnam: Tây Hiếu (Nghệ An) 36.6 độ, Hương Sơn (Hà Tĩnh) 37.2 độ, Sơn Hòa (Phú Yên) 38.0 độ, Phước Long (Bình Phước) 36.5 độ, Biên Hòa (Đồng Nai) 36.6 độ, Nhà Bè (TP. Hồ Chí Minh) 36.7 độ, Cao Lãnh (Đồng Tháp) 36.3 độ…
Rainfalls measured in 13 hours from 19:00 hour of 19-May-2024 in the Northwest, Central Highlands and southern Vietnam: Tỏa Tình (Điện Biên) 143mm, Chăn Nưa (Lai Châu) 130mm, Chiềng Ngàm (Sơn La) 161.6mm, Mũi Né (Bình Thuận) 150.4mm, Đạ Tẻh (Lâm Đồng) 149.8mm,…
Rainfalls measured in 6 hours from 7:00 hour of 20-May-2024 in the Central Coast of Vietnam: Việt Trung 110.6mm (Quảng Bình), Hương Sơn 44.6mm (Thừa Thiên Huế), Hiên- A Vương 46.8mm ( Quảng Nam),...
Rainfalls measured in 7 hours from 19:00 hour of 20-May-2024 in the Central Highlands and southern Vietnam: Hàm Tiến (Bình Thuận) 167.6mm, Sơn Nguyên (Phú Yên) 76.2mm, Đăk RTín (Đăk Nông) 95.8mm, Krông Busk (Đăk Lăk) 83.8mm, Gò Quao (Kiên Giang) 173.6mm, Xuân Đông (Tiền Giang) 137.6mm, Long Sơn (Bà Rịa- Vũng Tàu) 119.8mm,…
Vietnam Weather: Last 10 Days of May 2024
In the last decade of May 2024, most of Vietnam enjoyed pleasant temperatures with rain across the country, heavy rain in the Central Highlands and southern Vietnam. In the last couple of days of the month, however, there was a brief heat strike across several regions in Vietnam from the North to the South.
Regional weather in the last days of May 2024
- Northeast of Vietnam (Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen...): sun, clouds, rain, 22-32oC;
- Northwest of Vietnam: sun, clouds, rain, 24-34C in Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, 26-37oC in Lao Cai; sun, clouds, rain, 23-34oC in Son La, Dien Bien; 22-31oC in Lai Chau;
- Lowlands in northern Vietnam (Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Halong Bay...): sun, clouds, rain, 24-36oC;
- North of the Central Coast (Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh): sun, clouds, rain, 26-37oC;
- Central Coast from Quang Binh, Quang Tri Hue: sun, clouds, rain, 26-34/37oC;
- Central Coast from Da Nang, Quang Nam to Quang Ngai: sun, clouds, rain, 27-37oC;
- Central Coast from Quy Nhon, Tuy Hoa to Nha Trang: sun, clouds, rain, 28-37oC;
- Central Coast from Phan Rang-Thap Cham to Phan Thiet: sun, clouds, rain, 27-37/36oC.
- Central Highlands (Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Lam Dong): clouds, rain, 22-30/29/31oC mostly.
- East of Southern Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh): sun, clouds, rain, 27-35/36oC;
- West of Southern Vietnam ( The Mekong Delta: Can Tho, Chau Doc, Vinh Long, Ben Tre, My Tho...): sun, clouds, rain, 26-34/36oC;
The Phu Quoc Island had sun, clouds, rain, 27-33oC.
The Con Dao Islands had sun, clouds, rain, 31-33oC.
Heavy rain found in the Central Coast, Central Highlands and southern Vietnam. Rainfalls measured in 14 hours from 13:00 hours of 22-May-2024: Luân Mai (Nghệ An) 71mm, Ba Đồn (Quảng Bình) 116.6mm, Khánh Bình (Khánh Hòa) 90.8mm, Đắc RMoan (Đắc Nông) 109mm, Rô Men – Đam Rông (Lâm Đồng) 76mm,…
Heavy rain in Ha Tinh with rainfalls in 6 hours from 08:00 A.M of 23-May: Kỳ Liên 77.2 mm, Thạch Xuân 53.6 mm,...
Heavy rain in the Central Coast of Vietnam with rainfalls in 6 hours from 09:00 A.M of 23-May: Dương Hòa 77.6 mm. Phú Sơn 74.6 mm (Thừa Thiên Huế); Hòa Bắc 58 mm (TP.Đà Nẵng); Tam Trà 90.6 mm. Xuân Bình 78.8 mm (Quảng Nam); Bình Đông 92.4 mm. Trà Phú 82.6 mm (Quảng Ngãi)....
Heavy rain in the Central Highlands of Vietnam on 23-May with rainfalls in 6 hours from 11:00 A.M: Hồ Ia Glai 101.2 mm (Gia Lai); Buôn Tría 1 68.8 mm (Đắk Lắk); Rô Men - Đam Rông 54.2 mm (Lâm Đồng); Làng Cát 54.0 mm (Bình Định); ...
Hot temperatures were found in southern Vietnam on 25-May: Thủ Dầu Một (Bình Dương) 36.9 độ, Cao Lãnh (Đồng Tháp) 37.7 độ, Cần Thơ 37.0 độ,…
Heavy rain in southern Vietnam on 25-May with rainfalls in 2 hours at Binh Phuoc: Minh Tâm 92.2mm,Thanh An
64.4mm, Long Bình 42.8mm,...
Heavy rain found in several places in Vietnam on 25 & 26-May. Rainfalls in 8 hours from 19:00 hours of 25-May: Sơn Bình (Lai Châu) 53.2mm, Phú Kim (Hà Nội) 169.8mm, Dân Hạ (Hòa Bình) 137.6mm, Hùng Vương (Vĩnh Phúc) 102.4mm, Thạch Lâm (Thanh Hóa) 76.6mm,…
Hot weather in the Central Coast of Vietnam and southern Vietnam. High temperatures on 26-May: Như Xuân (Thanh Hóa) 38.0 độ, Đô Lương (Nghệ An) 38.0 độ, Hương Khê (Hà Tĩnh) 38.1 độ, Tuyên Hóa (Quảng Bình) 37.5 độ, Biên Hòa (Đồng Nai) 36.4 độ, Cao Lãnh (Đồng Tháp) 36.8 độ,…
Heavy rain in the South of the Central Coast and Central Highlands of Vietnam on 26 & 27-May. Rainfalls measured in 1 hours from 15:00 hours of 26-May: Thành Sơn 3 71mm (Khánh Hòa),...Rainfalls measured in 3 hours from 03:00 A.M of 27-May: Bắc Ruộng 118.2mm. Măng Tố 113.4mm (Bình Thuận); Đạ Mri1 50.4mm (Lâm Đồng); ...
Rainfalls measured in 13 hours from 19:00 hours of 27-May-2024: La Ngâu (Bình Thuận) 197.6mm, Đạo Nghĩa (Đắk Nông) 176.2mm, Đạ Mri (Lâm Đồng) 139mm, Lua (Đồng Nai) 73.4mm, Đức Phong (Bình Phước) 110mm, Bắc Sơn (Quảng Ninh) 58mm,…
Hot temperatures in the Central Coast of Vietnam on 29-May-2024: Như Xuân (Thanh Hóa) 39.1 độ, Đô Lương (Nghệ An) 41.2 độ; Hương Sơn (Hà Tĩnh) 40 độ,…
Heavy rain in the far northern mountains of Vietnam with rainfalls in 13 hours from 19:00 of 29-May-2024: Mường Kim (Lai Châu) 66mm, Việt Vinh (Hà Giang) 78.2mm, Hùng Mỹ (Tuyên Quang) 136.6mm,…
Rain in Cao Bang and Bac Kan with rainfalls in 5 hours from 00:00 A.M of 30-May: Đàm Thủy 63.8mm (Cao Bằng); Bằng Lãng 43mm (Bắc Kạn); ...
30-May-2024: An air trough formed in the East Vietnam Sea, north of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands of Vietnam packing sustained winds of 39-61kph. The projected path in the next 6 hours is northward.
30-May-2024: The air trough has strengthened to be the first tropical depression in the East Vietnam Sea in 2024.
30-May-2024: Heavy rain in Ha Giang with rainfall measured in 3 hours from 13:00: Cốc Rế 52.2mm, Nậm Dịch 44.6mm, Thàng Tin 40.4mm... Heavy rain in the Northwest of Vietnam with rainfalls in 3 hours from 16:00 hours: Bản Khoang 2 49,4mm, Bản Liền 36,8mm(Lào Cai); Phong Dụ Thượng 67mm, Sơn Thịnh 53,8mm(Yên Bái);Phú Vinh 42,6mm, Nam Phong 33mm(Hòa Bình);...
30-May-2024 Heavy rain was found in the Northwest, lowland and North of the Central Coast of Vietnam with rainfalls in 8 hours from 19:00 hours of 30-May: Nà Tấu (Điện Biên) 151.4mm, Đồng Tâm (Hòa Bình) 125mm, Yên Mỹ (Thanh Hoá) 117.8mm, Con Cuông (Nghệ An) 160mm, Thạch Sơn (Hà Tĩnh) 148.4mm,…
31-May-2024 Heavy rain in Quang Tri Province with rainfalls in 2 hours from 06:00 A.M: Thanh 85mm; Hướng Lộc 60.8mm. Heavy rain in Nghe An Province with rainfalls in 2 hours from 08:00 A.M: Hội Sơn 90mm, Thác Muối 69.2mm. Heavy rain in the Central Highlands and southern Vietnam with rainfalls in 6 hours from 11:00 hours: Quảng Tân 62.4mm (Đắk Nông); Nghĩa Trung 72.2mm (Bình Phước);...
31-May-2224 07:00 A.M: The tropical depression is to the north of the Paracel Islands (Hoang Sa Islands of Vietnam), 160km east of the Hainan Island with sustained winds of 50-61kph, projected path is north covering 10kph. At 16:00 hours the tropical depression has strengthened to be a typhoon in the sea area to the south of Guangdong Province (China) with sustained winds of 62-74kph. The projected path is north covering 5-10khp.
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