Climate averages 1991–2020
Móng Cái weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Móng Cái: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dongxing (3 km away). In March its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Móng Cái, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Móng Cái ranks 136th of 136 for the warmest March highs and 118th of 136 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 136 cities is 28.7°C; Móng Cái is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 70 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
Móng Cái climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Dongxing in MarchChina · 3 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Fangchenggang in MarchChina · 49 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Shangsi in MarchChina · 70 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Qinzhou in MarchChina · 87 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Cẩm Phả in MarchVietnam · 92 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Xichang, China in MarchChina · 102 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Hạ Long in MarchVietnam · 112 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Chongzuo in MarchChina · 113 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 66 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.