Climate averages 1991–2020

Buôn Ma Thuột weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 27.3°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.4°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 8.1 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Buôn Ma Thuột: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 8.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Buôn Hồ (42 km away). In January its highs average 24.2°C, 3.1°C cooler than Buôn Ma Thuột, with 17 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Buôn Ma Thuột ranks 56th of 136 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 136 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 136 cities is 24.8°C; Buôn Ma Thuột is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.1 mm to 3.5 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

Buôn Ma Thuột climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Buôn Ma Thuột, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	27.3°C18.4°C	18.4°C	8.1	1.2	11.511 h
February	30.0°C19.1°C	19.1°C	3.5	0.8	11.712 h
March	32.5°C20.9°C	20.9°C	16	2.7	12.112 h
April	33.2°C22.4°C	22.4°C	53	8.4	12.412 h
May	31.3°C22.7°C	22.7°C	127	21.1	12.713 h
June	29.5°C22.3°C	22.3°C	125	21.0	12.913 h
July	28.6°C21.9°C	21.9°C	145	23.2	12.813 h
August	28.2°C21.8°C	21.8°C	171	23.3	12.513 h
September	27.8°C21.2°C	21.2°C	195	24.5	12.212 h
October	27.6°C20.6°C	20.6°C	169	18.4	11.912 h
November	27.1°C20.3°C	20.3°C	88	6.8	11.612 h
December	26.0°C19.2°C	19.2°C	37	4.1	11.411 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 Buôn Ma Thuột

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 Buôn Ma Thuột) is explained once on the Buôn Ma Thuột year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.