Climate averages 1991–2020

Lào Cai weather
in October.

A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.9°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 21.2°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 118 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a warm month in Lào Cai: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bắc Quang (92 km away). In October its highs average 27.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Lào Cai, with 137 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Lào Cai ranks joint 120th of 136 for the warmest October highs and 27th of 136 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 136 cities is 28.4°C; Lào Cai is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 88 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lào Cai, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Lào Cai

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 Lào Cai) is explained once on the Lào Cai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.