Climate averages 1991–2020

Nha Trang weather
in May.

A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 26.1°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 102 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Nha Trang · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Nha Trang: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ninh Hòa (28 km away). In May its highs average 32.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Nha Trang, with 159 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Nha Trang ranks joint 55th of 136 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Nha Trang is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 86 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Nha Trang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Nha Trang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.6°C21.7°C21.7°C9012.211.511 h
February 26.9°C22.0°C22.0°C397.411.712 h
March 28.9°C23.2°C23.2°C508.412.112 h
April 30.7°C24.9°C24.9°C528.712.412 h
May, selected 31.7°C26.1°C26.1°C10216.112.713 h
June 31.8°C26.5°C26.5°C8617.412.813 h
July 31.6°C26.3°C26.3°C8920.412.813 h
August 31.6°C26.1°C26.1°C9820.012.513 h
September 30.3°C25.3°C25.3°C17724.212.212 h
October 28.3°C24.2°C24.2°C28025.111.912 h
November 27.0°C23.5°C23.5°C33221.211.612 h
December 25.6°C22.4°C22.4°C27619.411.411 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

May in nearby cities

Distance from Nha Trang

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 Nha Trang) is explained once on the Nha Trang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.