Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleiku weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Pleiku: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kon Tum (41 km away). In January its highs average 27.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Pleiku, with 6.1 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Pleiku ranks joint 58th of 136 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 136 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 136 cities is 24.8°C; Pleiku is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.7 mm to 7.4 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Pleiku climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 7.7 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 29.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 30.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 45 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 118 | 14.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 28.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 243 | 26.2 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 271 | 28.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 25.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 353 | 30.0 | 12.913 h |
| August | 25.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 373 | 30.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 389 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 229 | 20.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 26.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 91 | 8.5 | 11.511 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.311 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
- Kon Tum in JanuaryVietnam · 41 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 6.1 mm rain
- An Khê in JanuaryVietnam · 70 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Buôn Hồ in JanuaryVietnam · 119 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 17 mm rain
- An Nhơn in JanuaryVietnam · 120 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Qui Nhon in JanuaryVietnam · 134 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Đức Phổ in JanuaryVietnam · 139 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Sông Cầu in JanuaryVietnam · 145 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Buôn Ma Thuột in JanuaryVietnam · 146 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 8.1 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 Pleiku) is explained once on the Pleiku year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.