August is between summer and autumn in Northern Vietnam, about the end of the hot season and about to be the beginning of the rainy season in the Central Coast, rainy season in the Central Highlands, and in Southern Vietnam.
The temperatures tend to be pleasant in most of Vietnam in August. And it tends to rain more in the far northern mountains, in the Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam.
General Weather Patterns in Vietnam in August
All of the North of Vietnam is to have more active Southeasterly Wind which brings inland moisture, hence more rain and more pleasant temperatures in the whole region. The Northwest is not to come under the influence of the foehn wind anymore. There are occasional typhoons to the North which may cause incessant an torrential rain to the region which may pose serious threats of landslides, rockslides and flashfloods in the mountains.
The Central Coast of Vietnam often has high temperatures and strong sun in August. The region is still under heat strikes most of the time due to foehn wind which is the result of the active Southwesterly Wind in August. High temperatures in the areas may reach 36-38oC.
The Central Highlands and South of Vietnam come under influence of the Southwesterly Wind coming from the Equator. The wind causes daily rain. The rain often causes temporary floods in cities which disrupt traffic. In the Central Highlands, heavy rain may pose serious threats of flash floods and landslides. The temperatures in the Central Highlands are often very pleasant (21-31oC) and those in Southern Vietnam are pleasant (26-33oC thanks to the wind and the rain.
Adventure Travel, Nature tours, Bird Watching Tours in Vietnam in August
August is generally not a good time for adventure tours, bird watching tours in Vietnam. This is because of high rainfalls in the North, in the Central Highlands and in Southern Vietnam. Heavy and continual rain makes forest trails, nature trails muddy for motorcycle trips, bike tours or trekking tours.
The Central Coast of Vietnam often undergoes continual heat strikes in August with high temperatures, dry and still air, and strong sun. If you go on beach vacations in the Central Coast of Vietnam, then you can have some good time. The same for those on photography tours in this region.
Those who plan for adventure holidays or trekking tours in Sapa are to have rain mostly and cool temperatures. The trails are muddy and slippery. The same is applied to cities in the Central Highlands : Kon Tum, Pleiku, Buon Ma Thuot and Da Lat. The Dong Van Rock Plateau in Ha Giang may have some nice days without rain and the temperatures range from cool to cold.
Hoa Binh, Mai Chau and Ninh Binh are to have more days with beautiful weather as autumn is just coming.
August is the time that most migratory bird species are not present in national parks and nature reserves in Vietnam, and bird parks in the country are not busy with wildlife. But the resident birds are more active than in July and June. And you may have some good birding trips in August in Vietnam : Cuc Phuong National Park (Ninh Binh), Xuan Thuy National Park (Nam Dinh), Van Long Nature Reserve in Ninh Binh, Ba Be National Park (Bac Kan).
In August, birds are also more active in national parks in the Mekkong Delta (Tram Chim, Bac Lieu, Thap Muoi, Lang Sen...) in Southern Vietnam.
Those birders who travel into the Central Highlands may find better luck at Da Lat (the Tuyen Lam Lake, Lang Biang Mountain, Ta Nung Valley) or at the Yok Don National Park (near Buon Ma Thuot). But again, it rains more in the Central Highlands than in Northern Vietnam during this time.
You and your family are likely to have great time on island holidays in Northern Vietnam in August given the pleasant temperatures. But planning for these vacations far in advance may be tricky, as there may be typhoons or tropical depression hitting Northern Vietnam in August. Nowadays, typhoons can be foreseen from 10 days to 2 weeks in advance.
There are days with rain and several nice days in August on the offshore islands in Southern Vietnam : Phu Quoc Island, Con Dao Islands. The weather should be great with lovely sunshine and nice temperatures on the islands in the Central Region of Vietnam : Cu Lao Cham (Hoi An, Quang Nam), Ly Son (Quang Ngai), Phu Quy Island (Binh Thuan).
Below is Weather in Vietnam in August 2023 Monitored by AdventureGreen
First week of August, 2023
August 2023 started off with rain all over Vietnam. There was heavy rain in Northern Vietnam and there had been torrential rain in the Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam which had caused fatal landslides and floods.
Rainfalls measured in 6 hours of 1-August: Hưng Đạo 2 (Cao Bằng) 59.5mm, Bằng Lũng (Bắc Kạn)54.4mm, Thu Cúc (Phú Thọ) 63.8mm, Kim Sơn 2 (Hòa Bình) 84.8mm, Than Hòn Gai (Quảng Ninh) 56mm, Yên Lâm 65mm (TuyênQuang), Bảo Ái 61,8mm (Yên Bái), Dân Tiến 54mm (Thái Nguyên), …
The Central Highlands and South of Vietnam had torrential rain and nice temperatures.
Regional weather at the beginning of the first week of August 2023 was as follows :
- Northeast : clouds, rain, 24-31oC;
- Northwest : clouds, rain, 25-32oC in Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai ; clouds, rain, 23-27oC in Son La, Dien Bien, Lai Chau ;
- Lowlands in Northern Vietnam : clouds, rain, 26-32oC ;
- North of the Central Coast : clouds, rain, 27-32oC ;
- Mid Central Coast to the north of Hai Van : clouds, rain, 28-33oC ;
- Mid Central Coast to the south of Hai Van : clouds, isolated rain, 27-35oC ;
- South Central Coast (Quy Nhon – Nha Trang): clouds, 26-34oC mostly ;
- South Central Coast ( Phan Rang-Thap Cham to Phan Thiet: clouds, 26-36oC in Ninh Thuan, rain, 25-32oC in Binh Thuan ;
- Central Highlands : rain, 21-28oC mostly, 22-31oC in Dak Lak;
- East of Southern Vietnam (Tay Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai) : rain, 26-32oC ;
- West of Southern Vietnam (Mekong Delta) : rain, 24-30oC mostly ; 26-32oC in An Giang.
Continual torrential rain in the far-northern mountains of Vietnam caused flash floods and landslides and devastating consequences to the mountainous provinces : Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Ha Giang and Cao Bang. Several provincial routes and national roads were damaged : QL4H, QL279D, QL32, QL6, QL70, QL34A, QL34B, QL4A QL543D, QL7A.
In Mu Cang Chai the popular tourist route on QL32 was partially destroyed from Nga Ba Kim T-Junction to Mu Cang Chai Township. Sapa Town was temporarily flooded and there were some landslides, rockslides in town.
Rockslides at the Thung Khe Pass between Tan Lac District and Mai Chau District of Hoa Binh Province destroyed a car, luckily no fatalities or injuries.
Rainfalls measured in the first 7 days in Northern Vietnam range from 150-250mm of which the biggest wereThông Nguyên (Hà Giang) 272 mm, Bắc Hà (Lào Cai) 314 mm, TP.Điện Biên Phủ (Điện Biên) 344 mm.
Second week of August, 2023
The second week of August 2023 started off with less rain, more days with clouds and sun in the lowland in Northern Vietnam, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and Southern Vietnam; more heavy rain in the far northern mountains ; and a heat strike across the Central Coast of Vietnam.
Rainfalls measured in 24 hours on 8-August were Tà Tổng 2 240,2mm (Lai Châu), Đoàn Kết 2 216,2mm (Điện Biên), Nậm Păm138,2mm (Sơn La), Kiên Lao 125mm (Yên Bái), Nậm Xây 1 110,6mm (Lào Cai), TânThanh 72,5mm (Lạng Sơn), …
Rainfalls measured in 24 hours on 8-August were Pac Ma 2 173,2mm (Lai Châu), Đoàn Kết 2 146,6mm (Điện Biên), ThànhLong 123,2mm (Tuyên Quang), Cảm Nhân 114,6mm (Yên Bái), Nậm Păm 105mm (SơnLa), Lương Thiện 96,2mm (Cao Bằng), …
Highest temperatures recorded on 9-August-2023 : Tp Huế (Thừa Thiên Huế) 37.8 độ, Tam Kỳ (Quảng Nam) 37.6 độ, Tp Quảng Ngãi (Quảng Ngãi) 37.3 độ,….. Relative humidities at 13:00 housr were mostly around 50-60%.
Regional weather at the beginning of the second week of August was as follows :
- Northeast : rain, 24-30oC;
- Northwest : clouds, rain, 26-33oC in Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai ; rain, 23-28oC in Son La and Dien Bien ; 22-29oC in Lai Chau ;
- Lowlands in Northern Vietnam : sun, clouds, isolated rain 26-34oC ;
- North of the Central Coast : sun, clouds, some isolated rain, 27-35oC ;
- Mid Central Coast to the north of Hai Van : sun, clouds, some isolated rain, 28-36, 37, 39oC in Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue respectively;
- Mid Central Coast to the south of Hai Van : sun, clouds, isolated rain, 27-37oC ;
- South Central Coast (Quy Nhon – Nha Trang): sun, 27-38oC mostly, 27-36oC in Khanh Hoa ;
- South Central Coast ( Phan Rang-Thap Cham to Phan Thiet: sun, clouds, 27-38oC in Phan Rang, 26-35oC in Phan Thiet ;
- Central Highlands : some sun, clouds, rain, 21-29oC in Pleiku, 21-32oC in the other places ;
- East of Southern Vietnam (Tay Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai) : some sun, clouds, rain, 26-35oC mostly ;
- West of Southern Vietnam (Mekong Delta) : clouds, rain, 24-32oC mostly, 26-34oC in An Giang;
Third week of August, 2023
The third week started off with normal weather pattern in the second week of August : rain in the far northern mountains, hot temperatures from Thanh Hoa to Phu Yen, rain in the Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam. The lowland in Northern Vietnam started having autumn atmosphere in the early morning and late afternoon at the beginning , and the temperatures were warm for a couple of days in the latter half of the third week.
Rainfalls measured in 6 hours from on 14 -August: Vạn Mai 84,4mm (Hòa Bình); Lê Lai 64,3mm (Cao Bằng); Chiềng Hắc63,6mm (Sơn La); Tam Lư 51,6mm (Thanh Hóa),...
Rainfalls measured in 6 hours from on 15 -August: Mường Bang 69mm (Sơn La); AnPhú 59mm (Yên Bái); Mường Tương 38mm (Hòa Bình)...
Rainfalls measured in 8 hours from on 18 -August: Quảng Khê (Bắc Kạn) 91.2mm, Quí Quân (Tuyên Quang) 73.7mm, Bản Ngò (Hà Giang) 69mm,...
Highest recorded temperatures on 15-August-2023 : Đông Hà (Quảng Trị) 37.2oC, Nam Đông (Thừa Thiên Huế) 37.6oC, Ba Tơ (Quảng Ngãi) 37.5oC, Hoài Nhơn (Bình Định) 37.8oC, Tuy Hòa (Phú Yên) 38.2oC,… Humidity was mostly 50-55%.
Highest recorded temperatures on 18-August-2023 : Tĩnh Gia (Thanh Hóa) 37.2oC, Con Cuông (Nghệ An) 38.3oC, Vinh (Nghệ An) 38.2oC, Hương Sơn (Hà Tĩnh) 39.0oC, Tuyên Hóa (Quảng Bình) 37.5oC, Đông Hà (Quảng Trị) 38.7oC, Nam Đông (Thừa Thiên Huế) 37.5oC, Tuy Hòa (Phú Yên) 37.3oC. Humidity was mostly 55-60%.
The regional weather was as follows:
- Northeast : rain, 25-31oC ;
- Northwest : rain, 25-31oC in Hoa Binh and Yen Bai, Lao Cai ; rain, 23-30oC in Son La, Dien Bien and 23-29oC in Lai Chau ;
- Lowlands in Northern Vietnam : sun, clouds, rain, 26-34oC ;
- North of the Central Coast : sun, clouds, rain, 27-38oC ;
- Mid Central Coast to the north of Hai Van : sun, clouds , 26-36oC ;
- Mid Central Coast to the south of Hai Van : clouds, sun, isolated rain, 26-36oC ;
- South Central Coast (Quy Nhon – Nha Trang): clouds, sun, isolated rain, 26-35oC ;
- South Central Coast ( Phan Rang-Thap Cham to Phan Thiet : sun, clouds, rain, 25-33oC ;
- Central Highlands : rain, 21-31oC ;
- East of Southern Vietnam (Tay Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai) : clouds, rain, 26-33oC ;
- West of Southern Vietnam (Mekong Delta) : clouds, rain, 24-30oC mostly, 26-33oC in Chau Doc.
The last couple of days in the third week found heavy rain in Northern Vietnam, in the Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam.
Rainfalls measured in 13 hours from19-August to 20-August: Mường Mùn (Điện Biên) 89.8mm, Thác Bà (Yên Bái) 90.6mm, Phúc Trìu (Thái Nguyên) 166.2mm, Giồng Riềng (Kiên Giang) 115.2mm,...
Rainfalls measured in 6 hours from on 20-August: PhúcTrìu 166,5mm, Đại Từ 117,2mm (Thái Nguyên); Minh Quang 91,3mm (VĩnhPhúc); Vầy Nưa 63,2mm (Hòa Bình), An Biên 65mm (Quảng Ninh), Quảng Nguyên 88.2mm, Nà Chì 43.8mm (Hà Giang); Bản Liền 57.6mm (Lào Cai), Mai Sao 77,4mm (Lạng Sơn), Yên Thế 54,6mm (Yên Bái), Nông Thịnh 67,2mm (Bắc Kạn), Canh Thuận 67,9mm (Bình Định), Hồ B-TD Vĩnh Sơn 80,2mm (Gia Lai);...
Highest recorded temperatures on 20-August-2023 : Đông Hà (Quảng Trị) 37.0oC, Nam Đông (Thừa Thiên Huế) 37.2oC, Ba Tơ (Quảng Ngãi) 36.8oC,… Humidity was mostly 55-65%.
Fourth week and last days of August, 2023
The fourth week and the last days of August found frequent rain in Northern Vietnam, heat strike in the Central Coast from Hue to Ninh Thuan.
Highest recorded temperatures on 24-August-2023: Ba Tơ (Quảng Ngãi) 37.0oC, Hoài Nhơn (Bình Định) 36.5oC, Tuy Hòa (Phú Yên) 36.9oC, Phan Rang (Ninh Thuận) 36.5oC.
Rainfalls in 12 hours on 23 & 24-August : Tân Lập 1 (Hà Giang) 165.4mm, Khánh Thiện (Yên Bái) 139.6mm, Cần Yên (Cao Bằng) 149.0mm, Cấm Sơn (Lạng Sơn) 134.4mm, 119.4mm, Văn Giang (Hưng Yên) 113.4mm, Đông Anh (Hà Nội) 107.2mm,...Common relative humidity was around 50-60 %.
Regional weather in Vietnam in the last 10 days of August 2023
- Northeast : rain, 24-33oC;
- Northwest : clouds, rain, 26-34oC in Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Lao Cai ; clouds, rain 23-29oC in Lai Chau, Son La, Dien Bien ;
- Lowlands in Northern Vietnam : sun, clouds, rain, 28-37oC ;
- North of the Central Coast : sun, clouds, isolated rain, 26-36oC mostly;
- Mid Central Coast to the north of Hai Van : sun, clouds, rain, 27-37oC ;
- Mid Central Coast to the south of Hai Van : sun, clouds, rain, 27-36oC ;
- South Central Coast (Quy Nhon – Nha Trang): sun, clouds, isolated rain, 27-37oC ;
- South Central Coast ( Phan Rang-Thap Cham to Phan Thiet : sun, clouds, isolated rain, 27-38oC in Phan Rang, 26-35oC in Phan Thiet;
- Central Highlands : rain, 21-29oC in Pleiku, 21-31oC in the others ;
- East of Southern Vietnam (Tay Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai) : clouds, rain, 26-35oC .
- West of Southern Vietnam (Mekong Delta) : clouds, rain, 25-32oC mostly, 26-33oC in An Giang.
On 28-August-2023, the first spell of the cool Northeasterly Wind (Cool Air Masses) arrived in Northern Vietnam marking a change of the weather patterns into autumn : Northern Vietnam having breezy days with clouds and mild sun. Autumn is the best time to visit Northern Vietnam, is a great time for trekking tours, mountain hiking tours, bike tours and other adventure tours.
On 28-August, there was rain across the Central Coast, the Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam. This was partly attributed to the arrival of the cool air masses which had hit Northern Vietnam earlier. This was also possible that the rainy season in the Central Coast was about to start.
Rainfalls in 8 hours on 28 & 29-August : Hương Điền (Hà Tĩnh) 68.0mm, Hướng Lộc (Quảng Trị) 74.0mm, Gia An (Bình Thuận) 76.2mm, Đắk Mốt (Kon Tum) 75.8mm, La Ngà (Đồng Nai) 91.2mm,...
Rainfalls in 6 hours on 29-August in Central Coast and Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam: Đa Kai 77,6mm(Bình Thuận), Ân Tường 64,9mm (Bình Định), Buôn Tría 2 61mm (Đắk Lắk),Thanh Sơn 1 67,8mm (Đồng Nai),…
Rainfalls in 7 hours from 29-August in Central Coast and Central Highlands and Southern Vietnam: Đa Kai 77,6mm(Bình Thuận), Ân Tường 64,9mm (Bình Định), Buôn Tría 2 61mm (Đắk Lắk),Thanh Sơn 1 67,8mm (Đồng Nai),…
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