Climate averages 1991–2020
Vũng Tàu weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Vũng Tàu: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thành Phố Bà Rịa (19 km away). In May its highs average 31.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Vũng Tàu, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 136 cities listed in Vietnam, Vũng Tàu ranks joint 102nd of 136 for the warmest May highs and 28th of 136 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 136 cities is 31.2°C; Vũng Tàu is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 164 mm to 190 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
Vũng Tàu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 20 | 2.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 29.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 3.9 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 12 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 47 | 8.6 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 30.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 164 | 22.9 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 190 | 25.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 159 | 25.7 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 202 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 231 | 25.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 127 | 13.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 58 | 6.8 | 11.512 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
- Thành Phố Bà Rịa in MayVietnam · 19 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 188 mm rain
- Phú Mỹ in MayVietnam · 32 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 207 mm rain
- Gò Công in MayVietnam · 46 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 176 mm rain
- Cần Giuộc in MayVietnam · 54 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 204 mm rain
- Quận Sáu in MayVietnam · 65 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 194 mm rain
- Thủ Đức in MayVietnam · 65 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 194 mm rain
- Quận Mười in MayVietnam · 66 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 194 mm rain
- Xuân Lộc in MayVietnam · 67 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 233 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 Vũng Tàu) is explained once on the Vũng Tàu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.