Climate averages 1991–2020
Sơn La weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Sơn La: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thị Trấn Thuận Châu (27 km away). In March its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Sơn La, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Sơn La ranks joint 76th of 136 for the warmest March highs and joint 78th of 136 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 136 cities is 28.7°C; Sơn La is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 72 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
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 | 23.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Thị Trấn Thuận Châu in MarchVietnam · 27 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Dien Bien Phu in MarchVietnam · 93 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Yên Bái in MarchVietnam · 112 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Lào Cai in MarchVietnam · 129 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Phú Thọ in MarchVietnam · 135 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Tuyên Quang in MarchVietnam · 145 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Việt Trì in MarchVietnam · 154 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Ba Vì in MarchVietnam · 154 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 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.