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Vientiane in November

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in Vientiane is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 69°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.November in Vientiane is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 14% of days
Daylight
11h 16mon average

Is November a good time to visit Vientiane?

A good month, just outside Vientiane's best months, which run from December to January.

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 November sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in November, against 84°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in November, against 29°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

14% of days in November, against 4% to 89% through the year.

Cloud cover

55% cover in November, against 41% to 84% through the year.

Daylight

11h 16m in November, against 11h 04m to 13h 11m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. October88°31°low 74°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. November88°31°low 69°low 21°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. December84°29°low 63°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Vientiane sits, in November

Asia/Vientiane
this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
6:15 AMsets 5:33 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 November, 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 November

high · low · wet days
See November 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.