Climate averages 1991–2020
Giá Rai weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Giá Rai: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bạc Liêu (30 km away). In May its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Giá Rai, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Giá Rai ranks joint 73rd of 136 for the warmest May highs and 97th of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Giá Rai is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 223 mm to 260 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bạc Liêu in MayVietnam · 30 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 205 mm rain
- Cà Mau in MayVietnam · 34 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 257 mm rain
- Vĩnh Châu in MayVietnam · 58 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Sóc Trăng in MayVietnam · 69 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Ngã Bảy in MayVietnam · 76 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Can Tho City), Vietnam in MayVietnam · 88 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 198 mm rain
- Cờ Đỏ in MayVietnam · 96 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 207 mm rain
- Rạch Giá in MayVietnam · 96 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.9°C · 244 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.