Climate averages 1991–2020
Sơn La weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Sơn La: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thị Trấn Thuận Châu (27 km away). In February its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Sơn La, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Sơn La ranks 85th of 136 for the warmest February highs and joint 66th of 136 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 136 cities is 26.5°C; Sơn La is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Sơn La climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 24 | 4.0 | 11.011 h |
| February, selected | 23.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 27.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 50 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 72 | 12.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 147 | 19.3 | 13.113 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 209 | 23.0 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 288 | 24.5 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 283 | 25.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 150 | 17.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 49 | 8.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 23.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 26 | 4.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 23 | 3.6 | 10.911 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
February in nearby cities
- Thị Trấn Thuận Châu in FebruaryVietnam · 27 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Dien Bien Phu in FebruaryVietnam · 93 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Yên Bái in FebruaryVietnam · 112 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Lào Cai in FebruaryVietnam · 129 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Phú Thọ in FebruaryVietnam · 135 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Tuyên Quang in FebruaryVietnam · 145 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Việt Trì in FebruaryVietnam · 154 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Ba Vì in FebruaryVietnam · 154 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 24 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 Sơn La) is explained once on the Sơn La year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.