Climate averages 1991–2020
Phan Thiết weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Phan Thiết: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Gi (47 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Phan Thiết, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Phan Thiết ranks 46th of 136 for the warmest December highs and joint 87th of 136 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 136 cities is 25.0°C; Phan Thiết is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Phan Thiết climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 18 | 2.3 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 6.9 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 27 | 5.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 70 | 12.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 188 | 25.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 212 | 25.8 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 213 | 27.2 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 211 | 27.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 239 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 260 | 25.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 113 | 12.8 | 11.612 h |
| December, selected | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 68 | 7.4 | 11.511 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
December in nearby cities
- La Gi in DecemberVietnam · 47 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Bảo Lộc in DecemberVietnam · 76 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Đưc Trọng in DecemberVietnam · 94 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Xuân Lộc in DecemberVietnam · 95 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Huyện Lâm Hà in DecemberVietnam · 99 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Thành Phố Bà Rịa in DecemberVietnam · 113 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Phú Mỹ in DecemberVietnam · 118 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Ðà Lạt in DecemberVietnam · 119 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 109 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 Phan Thiết) is explained once on the Phan Thiết year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.