Climate averages 1991–2020
Lào Cai weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Lào Cai: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bắc Quang (92 km away). In November its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Lào Cai, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Lào Cai ranks 129th of 136 for the warmest November highs and joint 49th of 136 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 136 cities is 27.0°C; Lào Cai is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Bắc Quang in NovemberVietnam · 92 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Wenshan City in NovemberChina · 102 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Mengzi in NovemberChina · 115 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Thị Trấn Thuận Châu in NovemberVietnam · 120 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Gejiu in NovemberChina · 128 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Yên Bái in NovemberVietnam · 129 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Sơn La in NovemberVietnam · 129 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Tuyên Quang in NovemberVietnam · 148 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 53 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.