Climate averages 1991–2020

Phan Thiết weather
in January.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 28.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 21.9°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 18 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Phan Thiết: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is La Gi (47 km away). In January its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Phan Thiết, with 19 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Phan Thiết ranks joint 46th of 136 for the warmest January highs and joint 7th of 136 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 136 cities is 24.8°C; Phan Thiết is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 6.9 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Phan Thiết, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Phan Thiết

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 Phan Thiết) is explained once on the Phan Thiết year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.