Climate averages 1991–2020
Sơn La weather
in November.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Sơn La: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thị Trấn Thuận Châu (27 km away). In November its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Sơn La, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Sơn La ranks joint 130th of 136 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 136 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 136 cities is 27.0°C; Sơn La is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Thị Trấn Thuận Châu in NovemberVietnam · 27 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Dien Bien Phu in NovemberVietnam · 93 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Yên Bái in NovemberVietnam · 112 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Lào Cai in NovemberVietnam · 129 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Phú Thọ in NovemberVietnam · 135 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Tuyên Quang in NovemberVietnam · 145 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Việt Trì in NovemberVietnam · 154 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Ba Vì in NovemberVietnam · 154 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 58 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.