Climate averages 1991–2020

Bắc Ninh weather
in May.

A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.0°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 24.2°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 251 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a hot month in Bắc Ninh: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 251 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cung Kiệm (9 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Bắc Ninh, with 261 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Bắc Ninh ranks joint 81st of 136 for the warmest May highs and joint 122nd of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Bắc Ninh is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 251 mm to 283 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Bắc Ninh climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bắc Ninh, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	19.6°C13.3°C	13.3°C	37	8.1	11.011 h
February	21.7°C15.0°C	15.0°C	26	7.2	11.411 h
March	24.8°C18.0°C	18.0°C	52	10.5	12.012 h
April	28.7°C21.5°C	21.5°C	92	11.7	12.613 h
May, selected	31.0°C24.2°C	24.2°C	251	18.4	13.113 h
June	32.5°C26.0°C	26.0°C	283	20.2	13.413 h
July	32.3°C26.0°C	26.0°C	309	22.6	13.313 h
August	31.5°C25.3°C	25.3°C	361	24.3	12.913 h
September	30.4°C24.0°C	24.0°C	233	18.6	12.312 h
October	28.4°C21.4°C	21.4°C	110	11.1	11.712 h
November	25.2°C17.8°C	17.8°C	57	7.0	11.111 h
December	21.1°C14.0°C	14.0°C	32	6.3	10.911 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

May in nearby cities

Distance from Bắc Ninh

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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 Bắc Ninh) is explained once on the Bắc Ninh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.