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Best time to visit Hoi An

The best time to visit Hoi An is March, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Hoi An, Da Nang City, Vietnam

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  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January23.4 °C / 74 °F20.4 °C / 69 °F188 mm / 7.4 inneither best nor good
February24.4 °C / 76 °F20.9 °C / 70 °F93 mm / 3.6 ingood month
March26.5 °C / 80 °F22.7 °C / 73 °F89 mm / 3.5 inbest month
April29 °C / 84 °F24.7 °C / 76 °F79 mm / 3.1 ingood month
May31.4 °C / 89 °F26.5 °C / 80 °F111 mm / 4.4 inneither best nor good
June33 °C / 91 °F27.8 °C / 82 °F87 mm / 3.4 inneither best nor good
July32.4 °C / 90 °F27.6 °C / 82 °F127 mm / 5 inneither best nor good
August32.2 °C / 90 °F27.4 °C / 81 °F153 mm / 6 inneither best nor good
September30.6 °C / 87 °F26.4 °C / 80 °F338 mm / 13.3 inneither best nor good
October28.2 °C / 83 °F24.9 °C / 77 °F484 mm / 19.1 inneither best nor good
November26.6 °C / 80 °F23.7 °C / 75 °F474 mm / 18.6 inneither best nor good
December24.2 °C / 76 °F21.6 °C / 71 °F346 mm / 13.6 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: good
  3. MMarch: best
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: neither
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
March
Good
February, April

Hoi An's short dry-season window of February to April is best for exploring on foot, with March at its peak: warm, mostly sunny and reliably dry. From May the heat becomes oppressive, and from September the rains turn torrential, culminating in the flood-prone downpours of October and November that make walking tours miserable; January still carries the tail end of that wet season.

Why these months

  • February · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.7 °C / 82 °F, average daily high 24.4 °C / 76 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 71%, days with heavy rain 3.1 days, average daily low 20.9 °C / 70 °F.

    Against: relative humidity 87%, wet days 12.5 days, precipitation 93 mm / 3.6 in.

    Also on: Tết (Lunar New Year) festivities.

    Watch out for: Tết (Lunar New Year) travel rush.

  • March · best

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 82%, average daily high 26.5 °C / 80 °F, precipitation 89 mm / 3.5 in, days with heavy rain 2.5 days, wet days 9.9 days.

    Against: feels like (high) 31.3 °C / 88 °F, relative humidity 88%, average daily low 22.7 °C / 73 °F.

    Watch out for: King Hung celebration travel rush.

  • April · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 85%, precipitation 79 mm / 3.1 in, days with heavy rain 1.6 days, average daily high 29 °C / 84 °F, wet days 9.5 days.

    Against: feels like (high) 35.3 °C / 96 °F, relative humidity 86%, average daily low 24.7 °C / 76 °F.

    Watch out for: King Hung celebration travel rush, Reunification Day travel rush.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Jade Dragon Mountain, 1504 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 25.6 °C27.7 °C31.3 °C35.3 °C38.8 °C40.5 °C39.4 °C39.3 °C37.2 °C33 °C30.2 °C26.5 °C
Days with heavy rain 6.5 days3.1 days2.5 days1.6 days2.9 days2 days3.8 days4.2 days8.3 days12.3 days11.4 days10.6 days
Time rain usually falls 11 am11 am11 am3 pm4 pm4 pm3 pm4 pm5 pm10 am10 am10 am
Sunshine per day 6.6 h8.3 h9.9 h10.6 h11.3 h11.2 h10.3 h10.2 h9.2 h7.9 h7.5 h5.9 h
Relative humidity 86%87%88%86%82%76%76%77%82%85%86%85%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–202520.3 µg/m³17.4 µg/m³21.5 µg/m³29.5 µg/m³20.9 µg/m³22.5 µg/m³18.7 µg/m³19.5 µg/m³14.6 µg/m³13.8 µg/m³15.3 µg/m³17.4 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202528 µg/m³25.5 µg/m³32.3 µg/m³45.8 µg/m³34.7 µg/m³31.2 µg/m³27.9 µg/m³28 µg/m³21.2 µg/m³19.1 µg/m³20.7 µg/m³23 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

Events and seasons

What the weather records cannot show. A major event can lift a month to good or best. The warnings are there to help you plan, and never count against a month.

Reasons to go

  • Tết (Lunar New Year) festivities

    January and February, dates vary from year to year

Worth knowing before you go

  • Tết (Lunar New Year) travel rush

    January and February, dates vary from year to year

  • King Hung celebration travel rush

    March and April, dates vary from year to year

  • Reunification Day travel rush

    30 April

  • Labor Day travel rush

    1 May

  • National Day travel rush

    2 September

World Heritage sites nearby

UNESCO World Heritage sites within 25 km, nearest first.

  • Hội An

    Less than 1 km away

Other places in Vietnam

Compare places month by month on the travel calendar

Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).