Climate averages 1991–2020

Ninh Hòa weather
in May.

A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 32.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 26.1°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 159 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ninh Hòa · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Ninh Hòa: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nha Trang (28 km away). In May its highs average 31.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ninh Hòa, with 102 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Ninh Hòa ranks 10th of 136 for the warmest May highs and 27th of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Ninh Hòa is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 159 mm to 104 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. 152025303540 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 3000

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

Every month, side by side

Ninh Hòa climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ninh Hòa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.1°C20.8°C20.8°C6110.011.511 h
February 27.6°C21.4°C21.4°C306.311.712 h
March 29.8°C23.0°C23.0°C428.212.112 h
April 31.7°C24.8°C24.8°C6611.712.412 h
May, selected 32.7°C26.1°C26.1°C15921.312.713 h
June 33.0°C26.2°C26.2°C10419.312.813 h
July 33.2°C26.0°C26.0°C8817.512.813 h
August 33.4°C26.0°C26.0°C9316.812.513 h
September 31.5°C25.3°C25.3°C18922.712.212 h
October 29.0°C24.1°C24.1°C26926.111.912 h
November 27.5°C23.0°C23.0°C27520.911.612 h
December 26.1°C21.7°C21.7°C19916.711.411 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 Ninh Hòa

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 Ninh Hòa) is explained once on the Ninh Hòa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.