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Ho Chi Minh City in April

Very hot and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Ho Chi Minh City is very hot: highs near 96°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Ho Chi Minh City is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
96°F36°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 41% of days
Daylight
12h 22mon average

Is April a good time to visit Ho Chi Minh City?

April sits outside Ho Chi Minh City's most comfortable months, which run from December to February. Expect very hot days and rain on about three 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 89°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in April, against 32°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

41% of days in April, against 8% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in April, against 59% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 22m in April, against 11h 30m to 12h 45m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. March96°36°low 76°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. April96°36°low 78°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May94°34°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Ho Chi Minh City sits, in April

Asia/Ho Chi Minh
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:43 AMsets 6:04 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
10.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hung Phu131 km south-west

The land around Ho Chi Minh City, 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 Vietnam in April

high · low · wet days
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Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ho Chi Minh City. 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.