Climate averages 1991–2020
Giá Rai weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Giá Rai: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bạc Liêu (30 km away). In January its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Giá Rai, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Giá Rai ranks 48th of 136 for the warmest January highs and joint 34th of 136 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 136 cities is 24.8°C; Giá Rai is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Giá Rai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 25 | 4.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 12 | 2.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 42 | 6.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 223 | 26.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 260 | 28.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 266 | 29.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 250 | 29.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 290 | 28.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 329 | 28.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 181 | 20.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 93 | 11.4 | 11.612 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
- Bạc Liêu in JanuaryVietnam · 30 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Cà Mau in JanuaryVietnam · 34 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Vĩnh Châu in JanuaryVietnam · 58 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Sóc Trăng in JanuaryVietnam · 69 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Ngã Bảy in JanuaryVietnam · 76 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Can Tho City), Vietnam in JanuaryVietnam · 88 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Cờ Đỏ in JanuaryVietnam · 96 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Rạch Giá in JanuaryVietnam · 96 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 22 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 Giá Rai) is explained once on the Giá Rai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.