Climate

Viet Nam belongs to tropical monsoon region, chiefly affected by the ASIAN monsoon regime: North-east monsoon-wind and south east monsoon wind. There fore, there are 2 different climatic regions. The southern provinces are affected by south east monsoon wind, with hot weather all the year round, two distinct seasons: rainy season from May to October, dry season from November to April of next year. The region has also two seasons hot and rainy season from May to October, cold and sunny season from November to April next year. Generally, Viet Nam has two main seasons. However, the northern region has two transfer periods taking place in April and October. It’s possible to say that this region has 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

There’s a little difference about temperature between regions: Ha Noi 24ºC, Hue 25ºC, Saigon 27ºC a little fluctuation between months in the southern region: 2-3 % while in the Northern region up to 12ºC: temperature is rarely under 20ºC in the Southern region, and sometimes under 5ºC in the Northern region.

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