Climate averages 1991–2020

Dien Bien Phu weather
in June.

A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.3°C Daytime mean, June

Average low 22.8°C Night-time mean, June

Rainfall 323 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

June is a hot month in Dien Bien Phu: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 323 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Thị Trấn Thuận Châu (69 km away). In June its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Dien Bien Phu, with 357 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu ranks 125th of 136 for the warmest June highs and 127th of 136 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 136 cities is 31.1°C; Dien Bien Phu is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 323 mm to 403 mm.

The annual picture

June 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

Dien Bien Phu climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Dien Bien Phu, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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.

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June in nearby cities

Distance from Dien Bien Phu

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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 Dien Bien Phu) is explained once on the Dien Bien Phu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.