Climate averages 1991–2020

Hoa Lư weather
in May.

A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.2°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 24.7°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 185 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Hoa Lư · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Hoa Lư: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nam Định (28 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Hoa Lư, with 196 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Hoa Lư ranks joint 67th of 136 for the warmest May highs and joint 42nd of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Hoa Lư is level with that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 185 mm to 182 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Hoa Lư climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Hoa Lư, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 20.1°C14.0°C14.0°C306.311.111 h
February 22.0°C15.6°C15.6°C184.511.511 h
March 24.9°C18.4°C18.4°C366.812.012 h
April 28.6°C21.9°C21.9°C678.612.613 h
May, selected 31.2°C24.7°C24.7°C18515.913.113 h
June 32.8°C26.6°C26.6°C18215.313.313 h
July 32.6°C26.6°C26.6°C24618.413.213 h
August 31.4°C25.7°C25.7°C33323.612.813 h
September 30.0°C24.2°C24.2°C28921.112.312 h
October 27.9°C21.7°C21.7°C15414.211.712 h
November 25.1°C18.3°C18.3°C628.611.211 h
December 21.3°C14.6°C14.6°C285.510.911 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

May in nearby cities

Distance from Hoa Lư

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 Hoa Lư) is explained once on the Hoa Lư year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.