January
- Avg temp
- 27.1°C
- Rainfall
- 30 mm
- Humidity
- 69%
- Crowd index
- 70/100
- Weather100
- Crowds30
- Disaster risk84
- Hotel cost42
- Flight cost11
Travel timing
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Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam
Best months
- Top pickFebruary71/100 · Good
- #2March71/100 · Good
- #3November61/100 · Good
Month breakdown
February
- Avg temp
- 27.7°C
- Rainfall
- 20 mm
- Humidity
- 64%
- Crowd index
- 65/100
- Weather97
- Crowds35
- Disaster risk84
- Hotel cost42
- Flight cost84
March
- Avg temp
- 28.8°C
- Rainfall
- 19 mm
- Humidity
- 65%
- Crowd index
- 55/100
- Weather93
- Crowds45
- Disaster risk75
- Hotel cost25
- Flight cost100
April
- Avg temp
- 29.4°C
- Rainfall
- 87 mm
- Humidity
- 72%
- Crowd index
- 60/100
- Weather78
- Crowds40
- Disaster risk60
- Hotel cost17
- Flight cost78
May
- Avg temp
- 28.7°C
- Rainfall
- 244 mm
- Humidity
- 80%
- Crowd index
- 55/100
- Weather40
- Crowds45
- Disaster risk56
- Hotel cost8
- Flight cost98
June
- Avg temp
- 27.5°C
- Rainfall
- 269 mm
- Humidity
- 85%
- Crowd index
- 70/100
- Weather41
- Crowds30
- Disaster risk40
- Hotel cost33
- Flight cost94
July
- Avg temp
- 27.1°C
- Rainfall
- 304 mm
- Humidity
- 86%
- Crowd index
- 85/100
- Weather42
- Crowds15
- Disaster risk24
- Hotel cost8
- Flight cost89
August
- Avg temp
- 27.1°C
- Rainfall
- 309 mm
- Humidity
- 86%
- Crowd index
- 80/100
- Weather42
- Crowds20
- Disaster risk29
- Hotel cost0
- Flight cost92
September
- Avg temp
- 26.8°C
- Rainfall
- 373 mm
- Humidity
- 87%
- Crowd index
- 50/100
- Weather40
- Crowds50
- Disaster risk19
- Hotel cost100
- Flight cost0
October
- Avg temp
- 26.6°C
- Rainfall
- 315 mm
- Humidity
- 87%
- Crowd index
- 45/100
- Weather40
- Crowds55
- Disaster risk35
- Hotel cost75
- Flight cost91
November
- Avg temp
- 26.8°C
- Rainfall
- 155 mm
- Humidity
- 83%
- Crowd index
- 55/100
- Weather60
- Crowds45
- Disaster risk51
- Hotel cost67
- Flight cost83
December
- Avg temp
- 26.6°C
- Rainfall
- 71 mm
- Humidity
- 75%
- Crowd index
- 90/100
- Weather87
- Crowds10
- Disaster risk64
- Hotel cost67
- Flight cost0
How we score this
Each month combines weather, crowds, natural-disaster risk, hotel cost and flight cost into one rating for Ho Chi Minh City. Higher scores are better for typical leisure travellers from Australia.
- Weather25%
- Crowds20%
- Disaster risk20%
- Hotel cost15%
- Flight cost20%
- Weather:Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 archive, ~10y monthly normals)
- Crowds:Curated monthly visitor-pressure index (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: tourism seasonality; refresh from official arrivals when available)
- Disaster risk:USGS M>=4.5 earthquakes (10y) + GDACS multi-hazard SEARCH, blended with destination seasonal baseline
- Flights:SerpApi Google Flights mid-month round-trip samples (AUD, AU market, multi-origin median)
- Hotels:SerpApi Google Hotels mid-month sample (AUD nightly median, lowest-price sort)
Scores last refreshed 2 October 2026.
