{"id":302,"date":"2021-05-24T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/?p=302"},"modified":"2021-05-24T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T14:59:00","slug":"vietnams-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/vietnams-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam\u2019s Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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V\u0169ng T\u00e0u beach on a sunny day. Picture taken and used with permission from Kandle Dart<\/p><\/div>\n

Geographically, Vietnam is not a big country. Horizontally, it\u2019s narrow but vertically pretty long.\u00a0 in terms of square miles, it\u2019s about half the size of the Texas. However, surprisingly, it has many different climate zones. If you travel from north to south or east to west, you will experience different temperatures in different provinces in the same time zone. Of course, the mountainous and highlands areas have their own unique climate as well.<\/p>\n

In general, the North has a sub-tropical climate, the Central and the South have tropical climates, and the whole country is under the strong influence of gi\u00f3 m\u00f9a<\/em> (monsoons).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gi\u00f3 m\u00f9a \u0110\u00f4ng B\u1eafc<\/em> (Northeast monsoon) is from November to April, and G<\/em>i\u00f3 m\u00f9a T\u00e2y Nam<\/em> (Southwest monsoon) is from May to October.<\/p>\n

WEATHER IN NORTHERN REGIONS<\/p>\n

The north is considered to have four distinguishable seasons. During the Gi\u00f3 m\u00f9a \u0110\u00f4ng B\u1eafc<\/em> season, the winter is cold and dry, while during the G<\/em>i\u00f3 m\u00f9a T\u00e2y Nam<\/em>, the summer is humid and rainy. It\u2019s pretty cloudy, misty, and chilly in December and January in some areas.<\/p>\n

I remember back when I took a vacation to Hanoi and Ninh B\u00ecnh province one time in February for a few days. I didn\u2019t see any sunshine the entire time. It was overcast and drizzled most of the time. When I visited \u0110\u1ed9ng Tam C\u1ed1c (the Three Grottos), a popular tourist site in Ninh B\u00ecnh province, it was so foggy and misty that it created a very picturesque, dreamy fairy land scenery for me. Low clouds blended in the sky with the mountains and the river while little wooden boats moved on the water, like gliding on the clouds into heaven. That mesmerizing scene is still vivid in my mind to this day.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t like the heat and don\u2019t mind the mist or the cold like me, I recommend taking a sightseeing tour in the north between December and April. Don\u2019t forget to bring a water-repelling jacket.<\/p>\n

The mountains in the northernmost part are pretty cold in the winter. Indeed, snow covers the peaks of the Fansipan mountain range in the winter. It\u2019s very pretty in that high mountain area.<\/p>\n

The summer is May to late September. It\u2019s hot and humid with heavy rainfall. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the most favorable time for tourists. The transitional time between the wet and dry season is marked as the Fall. There are so many poems and songs praising how romantic it is to walk on Hanoi\u2019s streets in this season.<\/p>\n

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Touring \u0110\u1ed9ng Tam C\u1ed1c on a dreary day. Picture taken and used with permission from Kandle Dart<\/p><\/div>\n

WEATHER IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REGIONS<\/p>\n

From the north, the further south you go, the warmer it gets. The Central and the South have tropical climates, strongly affected by G<\/em>i\u00f3 m\u00f9a T\u00e2y Nam<\/em> (Southwest monsoon), and there are no distinguishable seasons. It\u2019s just hot and dry season. You don\u2019t see the obvious change of colors in nature like in the north. They don\u2019t have a fall time or winter time. Instead, they just have a hot and sunny day or raining day. The temperature is from hot to very hot to me.<\/p>\n

In the Central regions, G<\/em>i\u00f3 m\u00f9a T\u00e2y Nam<\/em> between June and November bring lots of heavy rain and typhoons to this part of the country. Natural disasters and evacuations happen in these regions almost every single year. In my opinion, central region has the harshest climate in the country. Since there is no winter in the central and the south, it\u2019s nice to go swimming at the beach year-round.<\/p>\n

Unlike the north central and central regions that are plagued with natural disasters during the monsoon season, the southwest (Mekong Delta) regions are busy with lots of activities during the \u201cfloating\u201d season with ch\u1ee3 n\u1ed5i<\/em> (floating markets) between September and December. The system of river and canals there allow people to live and trade goods from boat to boat, especially fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n

If you think of touring the south, I suggest to travel between November and February, when the temperature is not scorching hot and not too humid. The best time would be between January-February, so you can celebrate T\u1ebft Nguy\u00ean \u0110\u00e1n (Lunar New Year Celebration), the biggest and longest festival of the year.<\/p>\n

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Floating Market. Image by Quang Nguyen Vinh from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

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Geographically, Vietnam is not a big country. Horizontally, it\u2019s narrow but vertically pretty long.\u00a0 in terms of square miles, it\u2019s about half the size of the Texas. However, surprisingly, it has many different climate zones. If you travel from north to south or east to west, you will experience different temperatures in different provinces in…<\/p>\n

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