January is the winter in the North of Vietnam, about to be the end of the rainy and cold season in the Central Coast, the dry season in the Central Highlands and South of Vietnam.
The cold Northeasterly Monsoon can be strong or weak in the North of Vietnam depending on each year. There are some days the North is affected by the Southeasterly Monsoon which may cause pleasant temperatures and damp air.
In the Central Coast, there is less rain in January; and there are days with sunshine. Depending on each year given climate change that January could be a lovely transitional time between the rainy season and the dry season. The rains are more short-lived and lighter compared to November and December. The temperatures are absolutely pleasant. It is mostly lovely sunshine in the South of the Central Coast from Nha Trang, Phan Rang to Phan Thiet and Mui Ne.
The Central Highlands and South of Vietnam are enjoying loveliest moments of the dry season. January is among the best time to visit these regions be it you want a family tour in the Mekong Delta, a luxury holiday in the seaside destinations, or a honeymoon trip in the Central Highlands…
The offshore islands including the Phu Quoc Island and Con Dao Islands should have lovely time and definitely great for beach vacations. Still there is downside that those who love boat trips, snorkeling or scuba-diving then it may not be good at all on the Con Son Island (Con Dao Islands) due to strong winds, strong waves and rough sea.
Below is our statistics of Vietnam weather in January 2020.
1/ North of Vietnam
In the first week of 2020, there had been a new spell of cold wind at the end of December 2019 that made the weather in the North turn cloudy with isolated rains. The temperatures dropped mildly at first but mostly returned to more pleasant levels.
- Northeast of Vietnam (Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen): little sun, clouds, isolated rains, 16-26oC. Dong Van Plateau had some sun, clouds, rains, 12-18oC.
- Northwest of Vietnam:
+ Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai: sun, clouds, some isolated rains in Lao Cai, 16-26oC. Sapa had sun, clouds, rains, 9-17oC. Mu Cang Chai sun, clouds, rains, 12-22oC. Mai Chau had sun, clouds, rains, 17-27oC.
+ Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau: sun mostly, some clouds, and isolated rains, 14-28oC. Moc Chau had mostly sun, clouds, 13-20oC.
- Lowlands (Halong Bay, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh): had sun, clouds, isolated light rains, 18-25oC in Halong Bay and Hai Phong, 19-27oC in Hanoi and the Red River Delta.
The second week of January 2020 marked a period of mild winter with sun, clouds and isolated rains in the North of Vietnam. There was a new spell of cold wind at mid week which made temperatures lower.
- Northeast of Vietnam (Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen): had sun, clouds, isolated rains, 10-26oC. Dong Van Plateau had sun, clouds, rains, 7-18oC.
- Northwest of Vietnam:
+ Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai: sun, clouds, isolated rains, 6-14oC. Sapa had sun, 6-19oC. Mu Cang Chai had sun, clouds, rains, 9-24oC. Mai Chau had sun, clouds, 14-28oC.
+ Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau: sun, clouds, 12-29oC. Moc Chau had sun, clouds, some isolated rains on a day or two, 10-21oC.
- Lowlands (Halong Bay, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh): sun, clouds, rains, 13-26oC in Halong Bay and Hai Phong, 14-28oC in Hanoi and the Red River Delta.
The third week of January 2020 was marked by a new spell of Northeasterly Monsoon and another strengthening one successively hitting the North of Vietnam causing some light rains and cold temperatures.
- Northeast of Vietnam (Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen): some sun, clouds and rain mostly, 9-20oC. Dong Van Plateau had mostly clouds, rain, 8-15oC.
- Northwest of Vietnam:
+ Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai: sun, clouds, rains, 13-25oC. Sapa had some sun, clouds, rains, 7-17oC. Mu Cang Chai had sun, clouds, some rain, 8-22oC. Mai Chau had little sun, clouds, rain, 15-26oC.
+ Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau: sun, clouds, 10-30oC. Moc Chau had sun and clouds mostly, some isolated rain, 10-21oC.
- Lowlands (Halong Bay, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh): had little sun, clouds, rain, 15-25oC in Halong Bay and Hai Phong, 13-26oC in Hanoi and the Red River Delta.
The fourth week of January 2020 marked the arrival of a new spell of cold Northeasterly Monsoon in mid week which made the temperatures drop in the North and Central Coast of Vietnam and which caused rain in these regions.
- Northeast of Vietnam (Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen): had sun, clouds, some light rain, 4-24oC. Dong Van Plateau had sun, clouds, isolated rain, 3-18oC.
- Northwest of Vietnam:
+ Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai: sun, clouds mostly, isolated rain, 9-28oC. Sapa had sun, clouds, rain, 3-20oC. Mu Cang Chai had sun, clouds, rain, 4-24oC. Mai Chau had sun, clouds, some rain, 8-28oC.
+ Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau: had sun, clouds, 6-31oC. Moc Chau had sun and clouds mostly, some isolated rain, 4-22oC.
- Lowlands (Halong Bay, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh): had sun, mostly clouds, isolated rain, 9-24oC in Halong Bay and Hai Phong, 9-26oC in Hanoi and the Red River Delta.
2/ The North of the Central Region (Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh)
The first week of January was with sun, clouds and rains, 19-26oC.
The second week of January 2020 the region had mostly sun, rain for the later half of the week as influence by a new spell of cold monsoon, 16-27oC.
The third week of January 2020 the region had little sun, clouds, isolated rains, 15-26oC.
The fourth week of January 2020 was with a new spell of cold wind at mid week causing rain and drops in temperatures, some sun, mostly clouds and rain, 11-27oC.
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 January 2020, the Central Coast of Vietnam had mixed weather: sun, clouds and rains. This was fairly nice as it was the rainy season at this time.
- Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue: sun, clouds and rains, 18-28oC.
- Da Nang, Hoi An: sun, clouds, rains, 19-29oC.
- Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen: little sun, mostly clouds and rains, 20-28oC.
- Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan: mostly sun and clouds, isolated rains in Nha Trang, 20-32oC.
In the second week of January, the Central Coast had mostly sun, some clouds and rain as a new spell of cold wind swept in, mostly sun in the South of the Central Coast (Nha Trang, Phan Rang, Phan Thiet).
- Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue: mostly sun, some clouds and rain for a couple of days, 19-29oC.
- Da Nang, Hoi An: sun, clouds, isolated rain, 17-30oC.
- Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen: sun, clouds, some isolated rain, 18-30oC.
- Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan: mostly sun and clouds, 20-31oC.
Third week of January was mostly with sun, clouds.
- Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue: mostly sun, clouds, 17-29oC.
- Da Nang, Hoi An: mostly sun, clouds, some isolated rain, 19-28oC.
- Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen: mostly sun, clouds, some isolated rain, 18-29oC.
- Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan: sun and clouds, 19-33oC.
The fourth week of January was with influence of a new spell of cold wind at mid week causing rain.
- Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue: some sun, clouds, rain, 16-31oC.
- Da Nang, Hoi An: sun, clouds, some rain on a couple of days, 17-31oC.
- Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen: most sun, clouds, some isolated rain, 18-31oC.
- Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan: sun and clouds, 20-32oC.
4/ The Central Highlands of Vietnam (Kon Tum, Gia Lai - Pleiku, Dak Lak - Buon Ma Thuot, Lam Dong)
January is the dry season and it was lovely with sun and pleasant temperatures in January 2020, the best time for family holidays and adventure tours in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
In the first week was mostly with sun, lovely temperatures, 13-32oC. Da Lat had sun, clouds, 14-24oC.
The second week the region had mostly sun, clouds, isolated rain in Pleiku on a day or two, 11-33oC. Da Lat had sun, clouds, 9-27oC.
Third week was with sun and clouds, typical of the dry season, 13-34oC. Da Lat had sun, clouds, 12-28oC.
The fourth week was with sun and clouds, some isolated showers, 12-34oC. Da Lat has sun and clouds mostly, some isolated rain, 9-28oC.
5/The South of Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh, Vung Tau, Dong Nai, and the Mekong Delta)
January is the dry season in southern Vietnam with mostly sun, clouds and pleasant temperatures.
In the first week of January 2020, the South of Vietnam had some cool days with temperatures reaching as low as 18-19oC.
- Vung Tau, Saigon, Mekong Delta had sun, clouds, some isolated showers in the south of the Mekong Delta on some days, 25-30oC in Vung Tau, 22-34oC in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta.
- Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc: sun, clouds, 22-35oC.
- Con Dao Islands had clouds, strong winds, rough sea, 24-28oC.
- Phu Quoc Island had sun, clouds, 23-32oC.
In the second week of January 2020, the South of Vietnam had mostly sun and clouds, lovely temperatures, great for family holidays, beach vacations.
- Vung Tau, Saigon, Mekong Delta had sun mostly, clouds, 23-29oC in Vung Tau, 21-35oC in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta.
- Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc: sun mostly, clouds, 18-35oC.
- Con Dao Islands had sun, clouds, strong winds, rough sea, 23-28oC.
- Phu Quoc Island had sun, clouds, isolated showers, 24-30oC.
Third week was with sun and clouds mostly, lovely dry season.
- Vung Tau, Saigon, Mekong Delta had sun mostly, clouds, isolated showers on a day, 24-29oC in Vung Tau, 22-35oC in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta.
- Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc: sun mostly, clouds, 20-34oC.
- Con Dao Islands had sun, clouds, strong winds, rough sea, 24-27C.
- Phu Quoc Island had sun, clouds, 25-31oC.
The fourth week was mostly with sun and clouds.
- Vung Tau, Saigon, Mekong Delta had sun mostly, clouds, isolated showers on some days, 23-32oC in Vung Tau, 20-35oC in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta.
- Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc: sun, clouds, 18-35oC.
- Con Dao Islands had sun, clouds, strong winds, rough sea, 22-26C.
- Phu Quoc Island had sun, clouds, some isolated showers, 24-30oC.
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