Climate averages 1991–2020

Cao Bằng weather
in February.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 19.4°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 13.0°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 53 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Cao Bằng · average highYear overview

February is a mild month in Cao Bằng: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Pingxiang, China (81 km away). In February its highs average 18.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Cao Bằng, with 29 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Cao Bằng ranks joint 134th of 136 for the warmest February highs and joint 117th of 136 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 136 cities is 26.5°C; Cao Bằng is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 89 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

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

Every month, side by side

Cao Bằng climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Cao Bằng, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.2°C11.3°C11.3°C6613.310.911 h
February, selected 19.4°C13.0°C13.0°C5311.611.411 h
March 22.8°C16.3°C16.3°C8916.012.012 h
April 26.9°C20.0°C20.0°C11117.112.713 h
May 29.2°C22.5°C22.5°C21322.313.213 h
June 30.5°C24.3°C24.3°C29325.213.513 h
July 30.5°C24.6°C24.6°C30226.413.413 h
August 30.6°C24.2°C24.2°C26824.412.913 h
September 29.4°C22.5°C22.5°C15616.812.312 h
October 26.9°C19.7°C19.7°C8712.011.612 h
November 23.3°C15.8°C15.8°C699.711.111 h
December 18.9°C11.8°C11.8°C509.410.811 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Cao Bằng

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 Cao Bằng) is explained once on the Cao Bằng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.