Climate averages 1991–2020

Ba Vì weather
in December.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.5°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 12.8°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 32 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ba Vì · average highYear overview

December is a mild month in Ba Vì: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sơn Tây (14 km away). In December its highs average 20.6°C, 2.1°C warmer than Ba Vì, with 29 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Ba Vì ranks 136th of 136 for the warmest December highs and joint 26th of 136 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 136 cities is 25.0°C; Ba Vì is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 37 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ba Vì climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ba Vì, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.3°C12.0°C12.0°C377.611.011 h
February 19.5°C13.5°C13.5°C246.611.411 h
March 22.9°C16.4°C16.4°C519.012.012 h
April 26.9°C19.8°C19.8°C10411.112.613 h
May 29.0°C22.2°C22.2°C24418.313.113 h
June 30.3°C23.8°C23.8°C23119.013.413 h
July 29.9°C23.8°C23.8°C27821.113.313 h
August 29.2°C23.3°C23.3°C33022.912.913 h
September 27.9°C22.2°C22.2°C23618.412.312 h
October 25.6°C19.9°C19.9°C13312.011.712 h
November 22.5°C16.5°C16.5°C587.411.211 h
December, selected 18.5°C12.8°C12.8°C326.310.911 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

December in nearby cities

Distance from Ba Vì

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ba Vì) is explained once on the Ba Vì year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.