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Best time to visit Hoi An

Vietnam · 15.88°N 108.33°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)

The best time to visit Hoi An is March to August, when mean temperatures run from 25 °C77 °F to 30 °C86 °F and rainfall runs 32–112 mm1.3–4.4 in a month.

The monsoon runs September to December, with 216–536 mm8.5–21 in a month and peaking in October at 536 mm21 in. June is the hottest month at 30 °C86 °F and January the coldest at 22 °C72 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 15.88, 108.33 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Hoi An weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

Good time to go for a Tropical holiday: March to August.

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▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
22°71°JAN963.823°73°FEB401.625°76°MAR321.327°81°APR321.329°84°MAY562.230°86°JUN883.530°86°JUL722.830°85°AUG1124.428°82°SEP3121226°79°OCT5362124°75°NOV3841522°72°DEC2168.5
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Hoi An's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonTropical verdict
January963.82271showerstoo cold
February401.62373drytoo cold
March321.32576drygood
April321.32781drygood
May562.22984drygood
June883.53086showersgood
July722.83086showersgood
August1124.43085showersgood
September312122882monsoonmonsoon
October536212679monsoonmonsoon
November384152475monsoonmonsoon
December2168.52272monsoontoo cold

When to go to Hoi An, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersJanuary to February
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonMarch to August
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersMarch to August
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Hoi An?

Yes. The monsoon runs September to December, with 216–536 mm8.5–21 in a month and peaking in October at 536 mm21 in. Outside it, February to May is dry.

June is the hottest month at 30 °C86 °F and January the coldest at 22 °C72 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 1,976 mm78 in.

Where to go instead when Hoi An doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months Hoi An doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.