Climate averages 1991–2020
Sóc Trăng weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Sóc Trăng: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ngã Bảy (29 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Sóc Trăng, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Sóc Trăng ranks joint 47th of 136 for the warmest December highs and 105th of 136 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 136 cities is 25.0°C; Sóc Trăng is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 24 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
Sóc Trăng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 24 | 3.9 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 8.3 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 31.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 29 | 5.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 68 | 12.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 200 | 25.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 248 | 28.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 246 | 29.6 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 245 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 278 | 28.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 301 | 27.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 161 | 18.6 | 11.712 h |
| December, selected | 28.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 85 | 10.3 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ngã Bảy in DecemberVietnam · 29 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Vĩnh Châu in DecemberVietnam · 31 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Bạc Liêu in DecemberVietnam · 43 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Cần Thơ in DecemberVietnam · 53 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Bình Minh in DecemberVietnam · 55 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Can Tho City), Vietnam in DecemberVietnam · 55 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Trà Vinh in DecemberVietnam · 56 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Bình Thủy in DecemberVietnam · 59 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 76 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 Sóc Trăng) is explained once on the Sóc Trăng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.