Climate averages 1991–2020
Móng Cái weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Móng Cái: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dongxing (3 km away). In January its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Móng Cái, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Móng Cái ranks 133rd of 136 for the warmest January highs and joint 114th of 136 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 136 cities is 24.8°C; Móng Cái is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Móng Cái climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 69 | 12.8 | 11.011 h |
| February | 18.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 51 | 11.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 21.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 74 | 13.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 70 | 12.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 209 | 19.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 288 | 23.5 | 13.413 h |
| July | 29.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 380 | 25.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.8°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 374 | 24.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 253 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 99 | 10.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 23.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 67 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| December | 19.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 53 | 8.8 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dongxing in JanuaryChina · 3 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Fangchenggang in JanuaryChina · 49 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Shangsi in JanuaryChina · 70 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Qinzhou in JanuaryChina · 87 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Cẩm Phả in JanuaryVietnam · 92 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Xichang, China in JanuaryChina · 102 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Hạ Long in JanuaryVietnam · 112 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Chongzuo in JanuaryChina · 113 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 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 Móng Cái) is explained once on the Móng Cái year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.