Climate averages 1991–2020

Bến Cát weather
in January.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 22.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 17 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Bến Cát: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Thủ Dầu Một (20 km away). In January its highs average 31.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bến Cát, with 21 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Bến Cát ranks 4th of 136 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 136 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 136 cities is 24.8°C; Bến Cát is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 7.9 mm.

The annual picture

January 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

Bến Cát climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bến Cát, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Bến Cát

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 Bến Cát) is explained once on the Bến Cát year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.