Climate averages 1991–2020
Bạc Liêu weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bạc Liêu: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 205 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vĩnh Châu (28 km away). In May its highs average 30.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Bạc Liêu, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Bạc Liêu ranks joint 67th of 136 for the warmest May highs and joint 74th of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Bạc Liêu is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 205 mm to 249 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bạc Liêu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 24 | 3.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 9.0 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 35 | 5.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 76 | 11.8 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 205 | 25.1 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 249 | 27.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 249 | 29.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 240 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 269 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 315 | 28.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 199 | 19.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 98 | 10.6 | 11.612 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
May in nearby cities
- Vĩnh Châu in MayVietnam · 28 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Giá Rai in MayVietnam · 30 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Sóc Trăng in MayVietnam · 43 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Ngã Bảy in MayVietnam · 59 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Cà Mau in MayVietnam · 64 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 257 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Can Tho City), Vietnam in MayVietnam · 78 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 198 mm rain
- Cần Thơ in MayVietnam · 83 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 198 mm rain
- Bình Minh in MayVietnam · 87 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 198 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bạc Liêu) is explained once on the Bạc Liêu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.