Climate averages 1991–2020
Sóc Trăng weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sóc Trăng: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ngã Bảy (29 km away). In May its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Sóc Trăng, with 214 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Sóc Trăng ranks joint 55th of 136 for the warmest May highs and joint 67th of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Sóc Trăng is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 200 mm to 248 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ngã Bảy in MayVietnam · 29 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Vĩnh Châu in MayVietnam · 31 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Bạc Liêu in MayVietnam · 43 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 26.0°C · 205 mm rain
- Cần Thơ in MayVietnam · 53 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 198 mm rain
- Bình Minh in MayVietnam · 55 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 198 mm rain
- Phong Điền (Can Tho City), Vietnam in MayVietnam · 55 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 198 mm rain
- Trà Vinh in MayVietnam · 56 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 233 mm rain
- Bình Thủy in MayVietnam · 59 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 198 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.