OCT · BEN CAT
11.20° N · 106.62° E
Destination brief
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Travel Score
75
out of 100
In short
A good time to go.
Explore
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
Fair weather and steady: Sun Nov 1 and Mon Nov 2
Average weather score 50 out of 100, the best of 3 two- and three-day runs in the forecast.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
Average daily weather score 49/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 88% chance of rain on Oct 31.
US EPA index 1: Good.
WeatherAPI
Ben CatStation: Ap Lai KheUpdated 8:15 AM local time
27°C
Overcast
Feels like 30°High 31° · Low 25°
Rain now
27%
Rain today
88% chance
Humidity
86%
Wind
5 km/h NNW
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 55 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 62 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Tết Nguyên Đán (Vietnamese New Year)
CulturalVietnam · Nationwide
Feb 6, 2027In 98 days
Vietnam's most important holiday: family reunions, flowers and ancestor offerings. Many businesses close for several days. New Year's Day is 6 February in 2027; the official length of the break is set shortly before.
US EPA index
1 / 6
GoodAir quality is good. Enjoy time outdoors.
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Power is what the wall supplies, not what a device needs: most phone and laptop chargers take 100 to 240 V, so you usually need only a plug adapter. Check the label on your device.
Plugs, power and driving side are shown only where two sources agree (Wikipedia, Mains electricity by country (from the IEC's World Plugs), worldstandards.eu, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Left- and right-hand traffic), checked 2026-10-11. See .
No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
No storms or heavy rain in the next 3 days.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
8:21 AM
Saturday, October 31
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (2)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 31
31° 25°
Overcast · 88% rain
Sun
Nov 1
31° 24°
Patchy rain nearby · 84% rain
Mon
Nov 2
32° 24°
Light rain shower · 82% rain
No known advisory
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisories (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-22 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 22, 2026.
Emergency numbers for this country aren't in our data yet. Look them up before you travel.
Vietnamese is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
Visa and passport rules depend on your nationality: check your government’s travel advice before you book.
Bến Cát is a ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is one of the 168 new wards, communes and special zones of the city following the reorganization in 2025.
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 25,792 VND, as of 30 Oct 2026
A mid-market rate, not what a bank, card or exchange desk will give you. Rates By Exchange Rate API (opens in a new tab)
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
Bien Hoa
36 km away · 1.3M people
71Good to travel
27°Overcast
Open briefHo Chi Minh City
42 km away · 14M people
72Good to travel
28°Overcast
Open briefXuan Loc
73 km away · 253k people
73Good to travel
29°Overcast
Open briefPhu My
80 km away · 287k people
73Good to travel
29°Overcast
Open briefThanh Pho Ba Ria
99 km away · 235k people
76Good to travel
28°Sunny
Open briefTowns 25 to 150 km away, the larger ones first, each with its own live conditions. Ranked by conditions, nearness and size. Distances are straight-line, so check the travel time. Places under a travel advisory are left out.
NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: November, December and January. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Warm | 33° / 20° | 9 mm | 80 |
| February | Hot | 36° / 21° | 5 mm | 68 |
| March | Hot | 37° / 23° | 11 mm | 60 |
| April | Hot | 37° / 25° | 39 mm | 60 |
| May | Hot and wet | 34° / 25° | 145 mm | 60 |
| June | Wet | 30° / 24° | 198 mm | 65 |
| July | Wet | 30° / 23° |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 195 mm |
| 70 |
| August | Wet | 29° / 23° | 190 mm | 71 |
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| September | Wet | 29° / 23° | 178 mm | 73 |
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| October | Wet | 30° / 23° | 186 mm | 70 |
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| November | Warm | 31° / 22° | 89 mm | 81 |
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| December | Warm | 31° / 20° | 28 mm | 88 |
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