August is the end of the summer in North Vietnam and beginning of autumn in the North; August is the end of the dry and hot season and is about to enter the rainy season in the Central Coast; August is the rainy season in the Central Highlands and South of Vietnam.
August is among the the most beautiful times in the North of Vietnam with mild sunshine and pleasant temperatures mostly. The region may still have high-temperature days, but the real feel is much better thanks to lower humidity and lovely breezes. And there are occasional rains and sometimes typhoons in the North in August. It is also possible that there are torrential rains in the far-northern mountains which may cause flash floods sometimes. The worst rains come when the region is influenced by a tropical depression or typhoon. The most vulnerable regions are the Northeast, the Northwest and the north of the Central Coast of Vietnam (Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, and to a lesser degree, Ha Tinh).
In the Central Coast, August is still the summer but the temperatures are nicer thanks to having more rains. In fact, the rainy season is about to begin here. The sun is less strong in August compared to June and July and the region is still influenced but to a lesser degree by the foehn effect.
August is the rainy season in the Central Highlands and South of Vietnam; there are more torrential rains in these regions and the temperatures are just pleasant. Cities in the South and some areas in the Central Highlands may be flooded due to excessive and sudden rainfalls.
It rains more in the Central Highlands and the South as the Southwesterly Monsoon is strong and the sea from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau, from Ca Mau to Kien Giang (in the Rach Gia Gulf) is rough in August. The Con Dao Islands and Phu Quoc Island all have more rainfalls and rough sea during this time.
Below you can find our review and statistics of the weather in different regions in Vietnam in August 2019.
1/ North of Vietnam
In the first week of August 2019, there was a typhoon coming into the North causing excessive rains in the North and North of the Central Coast (Thanh Hoa) for most of the week. Strong winds downed several trees from Mong Cai to Hanoi. It was mostly cloudy or rainy days in all of northern Vietnam with fairly pleasant temperatures.
- Northeast of Vietnam (Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen): mostly clouds and torrential rains, sun for the last 2 days of the week, 24-30oC mostly, 24-33oC in Ha Giang. Dong Van Plateau was had clouds and rains mostly, sun for the last two days of the week, 19-27oC.
- Northwest of Vietnam:
+ Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai: had clouds and torrential rains mostly, some sun for the last two days, 25-33oC mostly. Sapa had rains and clouds mostly, 16-24oC. Mu Cang Chai had mostly clouds and thunderstorms, 19-27oC. Mai Chau had clouds and rains mostly, 24-32oC.
+ Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau: clouds and torrential rains mostly, some sun, 22-30oC mostly, 22-33oC in Lai Chau. Moc Chau had clouds and rains mostly, a couple of days with some sun, 19-25oC.
- Lowlands (Halong Bay, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh): had clouds and rains mostly, some sun, 27-29oC in Halong Bay and Hai Phong, 25-31oC mostly in the others.
The second week of August 2019 marked the beginning of autum in northern Vietnam. But due to the foehn effect that the North suffered from a heat strike.
- Northeast of Vietnam (Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen): mostly sun, some isolated thunderstorms, 25-34oC in the first half of the week and 26-36oC in the second half. Dong Van Plateau was had clouds and rains mostly, sun for the last two days of the week, 19-27oC.
- Northwest of Vietnam:
+ Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai: had sun, clouds, isolated rains, 26-35oC in the first half of the week, 27-37oC in the second half. Sapa had clouds mostly, isolated rains in the first half of the week, 18-25oC. Mu Cang Chai had mostly clouds and isolated thunderstorms, 21-27oC. Mai Chau had sun, clouds and isolated thunderstorms, 25-35oC mostly, 26-37oC for the last two days of the second week.
+ Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau: sun, clouds, isolated rains, some sun, 22-31oC mostly, 24-34oC in Lai Chau. Moc Chau had sun and clouds mostly, some isolated thunderstorms, 20-27oC.
- Lowlands (Halong Bay, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh): had sun, clouds and thunderstorms, 27-33oC in Halong Bay and Hai Phong, 27-37oC mostly in the others.
The third week of August 2019 was marked by heat strikes in various parts of northern Vietnam and the Central Coast.
- The Northeast of Vietnam (Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen) had sun, clouds and isolated thunderstorms, 25-32oC in Lang Son, 25-34 in Cao Bang and Bac Kan and 25-35/36oC in Ha Giang. The Dong Van Plateau had sun, clouds, isolated thunderstorms, 19-27oC. Some torrential rains were found across the region.
- The Northwest of Vietnam:
+ Hoa Binh, Yen Bai and Lao Cai had sun, clouds, isolated thunderstorms, 25-34oC in Hoa Binh and Yen Bai, 25-36oC in Lao Cai. Sapa had sun, clouds, isolated rains, 17-25oC. Mu Cang Chai had sun, clouds, isolated thunderstorms, 20-26oC. Mai Chau had sun, clouds, rains, 24-35oC.
+ Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau: sun, clouds, isolated rains, 22-32oC, 24-33oC. Moc Chau Plateau had sun, clouds, rains, 20-25oC.
- The lowlands (Halong Bay, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh) had sun and clouds mostly, some isolated thunderstorms, 27-31oC in Halong Bay and Hai Phong, 26-34oC in the others.
The fourth week of August 2019 was marked the end of the heat strike in all over Vietnam. There was a typhoon (Podul) which made landfall at Ha Tinh – Quang Binh. More torrential rains were found in northern Vietnam.
- The Northeast (Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen) had sun, clouds, scattered rains, 22-31oC in Lang Son, 24-33oC in the others. The Dong Van Plateau had sun, clouds, rains, 18-28oC.
- The Northwest:
+ Hoa Binh, Yen Bai and Lao Cai had sun, clouds, rains, 24-33oC in Hoa Binh mostly, 25-36oC in Lao Cai on some days. Sapa had sun, clouds, rains, 16-26oC. Mu Cang Chai had sun, clouds, rains, 20-28oC. Mai Chau had sun, clouds, rains, 24-33oC.
+ Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau: sun, clouds, rains, 22-32oC, 24-35oC in Lai Chau. Moc Chau Plateau had sun, clouds, rains, 18-24oC.
- The lowlands (Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh) had sun, clouds, rains, 25-31oC in Halong Bay, 26-33oC in the others.
2/ The North of the Central Region (Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh)
The first week of August marked the influence of the typhoon hitting northern Vietnam which caused torrential rains in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An. There were floods in Thanh Hoa (Quan Son and Muong Lat) with much damage. There were torrential rains in Thanh Hoa and part of Nghe An, there were thunderstorms in Ha Tinh. The temperatures were 26-30oC in Thanh Hoa and 26-33oC in the others.
The second week of August 2019 the region suffered a heat strike in the second half of the week. It was mostly sun, isolated thunderstorms in the first half of the week; sun mostly in the second half. The temperatures were 27-34oC in the first half and 28-36oC in the second half.
The third week of August 2019 was characterized with high temperatures on some days alternated by days with tolerable temperatures: 27-37oC and 27-34oC. It was mostly sunny, some days with scattered rains.
The fourth week of August 2019 was with clouds and rains, more torrential rains, 26-31oC.
3/The coastal areas in the Central Region of Vietnam (Central Coast of Vietnam including: Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan)
In the first week of August 2019, the Central Coast of Vietnam started having nicer weather after a heat strike which lasted for over two months in the region.
- Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue: had clouds, sun and scattered thunderstorms, 26-33oC mostly, 28-35oC in Hue.
- Da Nang, Hoi An: clouds and sun mostly, 27-35oC.
- Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen: sun, clouds, isolated thunderstorms, 27-35oC mostly.
- Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan: sun and clouds, isolated thunderstorms, 26-34oC mostly, 26-31oC in Binh Thuan.
In the second week of August, the Central Coast suffered from a heat strike.
- Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue: had clouds, sun and isolated thunderstorms, 27-37oC mostly.
- Da Nang, Hoi An: sun mostly, 27-37oC.
- Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen: sun, clouds, some isolated thunderstorms, 27-37oC mostly.
- Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan: sun and clouds, scattered rains in Binh Thuan, 25-34oC mostly, 25-31oC in Binh Thuan, 26-36oC for 2 last days of the week in Ninh Thuan.
Third week of August was with sunny days mostly.
- Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue: sun mostly, 28-37oC.
- Da Nang, Hoi An: csun mostly, 28-38oC.
- Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen: sun mostly, clouds, 27-37oC mostly.
- Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan: sun and clouds, scattered rains, 26-34oC mostly, 26-36oC in Ninh Thuan.
The fourth week of August was with a change of the weather pattern from high temperatures to much more tolerable and nice ones.
- Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue: sun, clouds, rains, 26-34oC in the first half of the week, 26-31oC in the second half.
- Da Nang, Hoi An: sun, clouds, rains, 26-34oC.
- Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen: sun, clouds, thunderstorms, 26-34oC mostly, 28-35oC for a couple of days.
- Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan: sun and clouds, scattered rains, 25-33oC mostly, 25-35oC in Ninh Thuan.
4/ The Central Highlands of Vietnam (Kon Tum, Gia Lai - Pleiku, Dak Lak - Buon Ma Thuot, Lam Dong – Da Lat)
August is in the middle of the rainy season in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and it rains a lot here during in the month due to strong Southwesterly Monsoon.
In the first week was mostly with clouds and rains, lovely temperatures, 21-29oC mostly, 20-26oC in Pleiku. Da Lat had rains every day, 17-21oC.
At the end of the first week of August, there were torrential rains and several areas in the Central Highlands were flooded: Dak Lak (Buon Ma Thuot, Buon Don, Ea Sup), Lam Dong (Bao Loc, Da Lat, Cat Tien, Da Huoai, Da Teh), Dak Nong.
The second week was with torrential rains and clouds mostly, floods in several areas in the Central Highlands of Vietnam for the first half of the week. The temperatures were 22-29oC mostly, 21-27oC in Pleiku. Da Lat had floods for the first half of the week, rains mostly, clouds, 17-24oC mostly.
Third week was with mixed weather: clouds, rains and sun, 22-31oC in Kon Tum and Dak Lak, 21-27oC in Pleiku. Da Lat had sun, clouds, rains, 17-25oC.
The fourth week was with clouds, rains, pleasant temperatures, 22-30oC mostly, 20-26oC in Pleiku. Da Lat had clouds and rains, 17-24oC.
5/The South of Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh, Vung Tau, Dong Nai, and the Mekong Delta)
August is the middle of the rainy season in southern Vietnam with more rains and mostly pleasantly warm temperatures. The strong Southwesterly Monsoon causes torrential rains often in the month.
In the first week of August 2019, it started raining more in all over southern Vietnam including the offshore islands. Strong Southwesterly Monsoon made the sea rough from Binh Thuan to Ca Mau, from Ca Mau to Kien Giang (the Rach Gia Gulf). Torrential rains, violent sea waves, strong gusts of wind destroyed parts of the shore in Ca Mau and Kien Giang, several houses in Kien Giang were destroyed by the winds or swept away by sea waves and rising sea water.
- Vung Tau, Saigon, Mekong Delta had mostly clouds, rains, 26-32oC.
- Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc: clouds, rains, 25-32oC.
- Con Dao Islands had clouds, rains, strong southwesterly wind, rough sea, 26-29oC;
- Phu Quoc Island had torrential rains, rough sea, strong southwesterly wind, devastating floods, 28-32oC.
Second week was with torrential rains, strong southwesterly winds, rough sea, violent waves in Ca Mau and Kien Giang.
- Vung Tau, Saigon, Mekong Delta had mostly clouds and rains in the first half of the week, some sun but mostly clouds and rains in the second half, 27-31C in Vung Tau, 26-33oC in the others.
- Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc: clouds, torrential rains in the first half of the week, some sun in the second half, 25-32oC.
- Con Dao Islands had clouds, rains, strong southwesterly wind, rough sea, 27-29oC;
- Phu Quoc Island had torrential rains, rough sea, violent waves, strong southwesterly wind, devastating floods, 27-31oC.
Third week was with sun, clouds, rains mostly, pleasant temperatures.
- Vung Tau, Saigon, Mekong Delta sun, clouds, rains, 27-31C in Vung Tau, 25-32oC in the others.
- Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc: sun, clouds, scattered rains, 25-32oC.
- Con Dao Islands had clouds, rains, 27-29oC;
- Phu Quoc Island had some sun, clouds, rains, 27-30oC.
The fourth week was with sun, clouds, pleasant temperatures, strong South-westerly Monsoon, rough sea.
- Vung Tau, Saigon, Mekong Delta sun, clouds, rains, 27-31C in Vung Tau, 25-32oC in the others.
- Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc: sun, clouds, scattered rains, 25-32oC.
- Con Dao Islands had sun, clouds, rains, strong wind, rough sea, 28-29oC;
- Phu Quoc Island had some sun, clouds, rains, strong wind, rough sea, 26-30oC.
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