Weather & Best time to travel in Can Tho, Vietnam

The weather in Can Tho

Since belonging to the Mekong river region, Can Tho has a tropical and monsoon climate, which helps this city become the rice basket of Vietnam and cultivate various kinds of exotic and tropical fruits. The temperature in Can Tho changes seasonally; however, the temperature gap among the months is not large(about 2.0 degrees Celsius).

The annual average temperature is 26.6 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature here is 34.4 degrees Celsius while the lowest one is 19.7 degrees Celsius. There are two main seasons in Can Tho: rainy season which lasts from May to November with the highest rainfall amounts (from 92% to 97% of the annual rainfall) and dry one from December to April which has the total rainfall of 100mm (from 3% to 7% of the annual rainfall). Rain occurs mostly in September and October.

All articles about Can Tho, Vietnam: Click here

Best time to visit Can Tho 

You can visit Can Tho city anytime in the year because its weather is always comfortable and temperate. However, the most perfect time to visit Can Tho is the beginning of the rainy season, which means April, May, and June. This time of the year has the most comfortable atmosphere when there is light rain making the weather much cooler. If you come to the city in the rainy season, you can observe this city at its most fertile and experience the lively scenes of nature. Also, you will find yourself surrounded by various kinds of tropical fruit. In fact, the rainy season is the harvest season in Can Tho. What is more, during the full moon day of April, there are two most important festivals held in Can Tho, Thuong Dien and Ha Dien. Local people here will have different types of religious rituals so as to express their sincerity and gratefulness to the Gods of the land.

Read more: 3 most popular ways to Can Tho from Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh