Climate averages 1991–2020
Lào Cai weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Lào Cai: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bắc Quang (92 km away). In March its highs average 24.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Lào Cai, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Lào Cai ranks 91st of 136 for the warmest March highs and 135th of 136 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 136 cities is 28.7°C; Lào Cai is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 126 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Lào Cai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 96 | 18.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 88 | 17.1 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 25.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 126 | 19.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 129 | 17.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 199 | 19.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 31.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 242 | 22.0 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 261 | 23.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 268 | 22.4 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 165 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 118 | 16.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 88 | 13.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 92 | 14.1 | 10.811 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
March in nearby cities
- Bắc Quang in MarchVietnam · 92 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Wenshan City in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Mengzi in MarchChina · 115 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Thị Trấn Thuận Châu in MarchVietnam · 120 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Gejiu in MarchChina · 128 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Yên Bái in MarchVietnam · 129 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Sơn La in MarchVietnam · 129 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Tuyên Quang in MarchVietnam · 148 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 54 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 Lào Cai) is explained once on the Lào Cai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.