Climate averages 1991–2020
Bến Cát weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th 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 Bến Cát: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 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 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thủ Dầu Một (20 km away). In May its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Bến Cát, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Bến Cát ranks joint 7th of 136 for the warmest May highs and 89th of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Bến Cát is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 211 mm to 253 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Thủ Dầu Một in MayVietnam · 20 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 205 mm rain
- Củ Chi in MayVietnam · 23 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Thuận An in MayVietnam · 28 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 205 mm rain
- Trảng Bàng in MayVietnam · 30 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Chơn Thành in MayVietnam · 31 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 220 mm rain
- Biên Hòa in MayVietnam · 33 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 205 mm rain
- Ho Chi Minh City in MayVietnam · 37 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 194 mm rain
- Thủ Đức in MayVietnam · 38 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 194 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.