Climate averages 1991–2020

Rạch Giá weather
in October.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.6°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 24.3°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 301 mm 28 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a hot month in Rạch Giá: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 301 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cờ Đỏ (39 km away). In October its highs average 30.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Rạch Giá, with 293 mm of rain.

Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Rạch Giá ranks joint 36th of 136 for the warmest October highs and joint 105th of 136 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 136 cities is 28.4°C; Rạch Giá is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 301 mm to 120 mm.

The annual picture

October 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

Rạch Giá climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Rạch Giá, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Rạch Giá

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 Rạch Giá) is explained once on the Rạch Giá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.