Climate averages 1991–2020

Dien Bien Phu weather
in October.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.0°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 19.5°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 72 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a warm month in Dien Bien Phu: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Thị Trấn Thuận Châu (69 km away). In October its highs average 26.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Dien Bien Phu, with 60 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu ranks joint 117th of 136 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 136 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 136 cities is 28.4°C; Dien Bien Phu is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 33 mm.

The annual picture

October 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	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, selected	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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Dien Bien Phu

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