Climate averages 1991–2020
Dien Bien Phu weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Dien Bien Phu: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thị Trấn Thuận Châu (69 km away). In February its highs average 24.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Dien Bien Phu, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu ranks 73rd of 136 for the warmest February highs and joint 86th of 136 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 136 cities is 26.5°C; Dien Bien Phu is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Dien Bien Phu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 35 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| February, selected | 25.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 26 | 4.8 | 11.411 h |
| March | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 55 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 115 | 15.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 195 | 22.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 323 | 27.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 403 | 28.9 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 368 | 28.3 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 199 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 72 | 11.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 33 | 5.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 22.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 29 | 4.5 | 10.911 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
- Thị Trấn Thuận Châu in FebruaryVietnam · 69 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Sơn La in FebruaryVietnam · 93 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Lào Cai in FebruaryVietnam · 157 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Yên Bái in FebruaryVietnam · 199 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Gejiu in FebruaryChina · 220 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Mengzi in FebruaryChina · 223 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Bắc Quang in FebruaryVietnam · 226 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Phú Thọ in FebruaryVietnam · 228 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 19 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 Dien Bien Phu) is explained once on the Dien Bien Phu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.