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Ho Chi Minh City in January

Hot and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Ho Chi Minh City is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 34 minutes.January in Ho Chi Minh City is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 34 minutes.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
11h 34mon average

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

Yes. January is one of Ho Chi Minh City's most comfortable months (December to February).

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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in January, against 89°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in January, against 32°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in January, against 8% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in January, against 59% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

11h 34m in January, against 11h 30m to 12h 45m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December89°32°low 73°low 23°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January91°33°low 72°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February93°34°low 73°low 23°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Ho Chi Minh City sits, in January

Asia/Ho Chi Minh
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:15 AMsets 5:48 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Ho Chi Minh City

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.