MAY · HO CHI MINH CITY
10.82° N · 106.63° E
Destination brief
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Travel Score
73
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 57 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 55/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 79% chance of rain on Nov 3.
US EPA index 2: Moderate.
WeatherAPI
Ho Chi Minh CityStation: An HoiUpdated 11:45 AM local time
31°C
Overcast
Feels like 35°High 32° · Low 24°
Rain now
7%
Rain today
74% chance
Humidity
62%
Wind
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 54 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 61 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Tết Nguyên Đán (Vietnamese New Year)
CulturalVietnam · Nationwide
Feb 6, 2027In 97 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
2 / 6
ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people may want to limit long outdoor exertion.
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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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.
12:00 PM
Sunday, November 1
10 km/h NNW
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Very high (9)
Local time at destination
Today
Nov 1
32° 24°
Overcast · 74% rain
Mon
Nov 2
32° 25°
Partly Cloudy · 70% rain
Tue
Nov 3
32° 25°
Overcast · 79% 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.
Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, is the most populous city and centrally-governed city of Vietnam. Its geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is the Saigon River.
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GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
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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.
Typical weather
34° 25°
Hot and wet
About 155 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
None recorded in our calendar.
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Warm | 32° / 20° | 11 mm | 83 |
| February | Hot | 35° / 21° | 6 mm | 70 |
| March | Hot | 37° / 23° | 13 mm | 63 |
| April | Hot | 37° / 25° | 41 mm | 61 |
| May | Hot and wet | 34° / 25° | 155 mm | 58 |
| June | Wet | 31° / 24° | 212 mm | 62 |
| July | Wet | 30° / 24° |
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.
| 207 mm |
| 67 |
| August | Wet | 30° / 24° | 191 mm | 70 |
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| September | Wet | 30° / 24° | 190 mm | 70 |
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| October | Wet | 30° / 23° | 215 mm | 66 |
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| November | Warm | 30° / 22° | 100 mm | 80 |
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| December | Warm | 30° / 21° | 32 mm | 90 |
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 25,796 VND, as of 1 Nov 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)