Climate averages 1991–2020
Bến Cát weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bến Cát: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thủ Dầu Một (20 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Bến Cát, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Bến Cát ranks joint 2nd of 136 for the warmest December highs and 46th of 136 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 136 cities is 25.0°C; Bến Cát is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Bến Cát climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 17 | 3.2 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 7.9 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 30 | 5.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 85 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 211 | 24.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 253 | 26.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 278 | 28.9 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 279 | 28.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 304 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 248 | 25.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 106 | 13.5 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 42 | 6.6 | 11.511 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
- Thủ Dầu Một in DecemberVietnam · 20 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Củ Chi in DecemberVietnam · 23 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Thuận An in DecemberVietnam · 28 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Trảng Bàng in DecemberVietnam · 30 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Chơn Thành in DecemberVietnam · 31 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Biên Hòa in DecemberVietnam · 33 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Ho Chi Minh City in DecemberVietnam · 37 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Thủ Đức in DecemberVietnam · 38 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 64 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 Bến Cát) is explained once on the Bến Cát year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.