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Vientiane in April

Very hot and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Vientiane is very hot: highs near 96°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Vientiane is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
96°F36°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
12h 32mon average

Is April a good time to visit Vientiane?

April sits outside Vientiane's best months, which run from December to January. Expect very hot days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 96°F in April, against 84°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in April, against 29°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in April, against 4% to 89% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in April, against 41% to 84% through the year.

Daylight

12h 32m in April, against 11h 04m to 13h 11m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March93°34°low 71°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. April96°36°low 76°low 24°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May93°34°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Vientiane sits, in April

Asia/Vientiane
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:54 AMsets 6:26 PM
Above the sea
160 mlow-lying
Latitude
18.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Luang Prabang220 km north

The land around Vientiane, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Laos in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Vientiane

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Vientiane. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.