Climate averages 1991–2020
Rạch Giá weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Rạch Giá: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cờ Đỏ (39 km away). In March its highs average 33.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Rạch Giá, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Rạch Giá ranks joint 34th of 136 for the warmest March highs and joint 51st of 136 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 136 cities is 28.7°C; Rạch Giá is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Rạch Giá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 22 | 4.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 31.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 12 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 32.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 37 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 87 | 14.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.1°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 244 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 316 | 27.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 344 | 28.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 326 | 28.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 352 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 301 | 27.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 120 | 17.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 57 | 9.1 | 11.612 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
March in nearby cities
- Cờ Đỏ in MarchVietnam · 39 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Vĩnh Thạnh in MarchVietnam · 42 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Long Xuyên in MarchVietnam · 57 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Thốt Nốt in MarchVietnam · 57 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Ô Môn in MarchVietnam · 60 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Lai Vung in MarchVietnam · 62 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Can Tho City), Vietnam in MarchVietnam · 64 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Tịnh Biên in MarchVietnam · 67 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 48 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 Rạch Giá) is explained once on the Rạch Giá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.