March is spring in Northern Vietnam, the start of the dry season with pleasant temperatures in the Central Coast, the dry season with pleasant temperatures in the Central Highlands, and the dry season with warm temperatures Southern Vietnam.
General Weather Patterns in Vietnam in March
Northern Vietnam may undergo several days with moist air and light drizzles in March which is due to weaker and more damp Northeasterly Wind meetings with other winds (Easterly, Southeasterly Winds…). The temperatures in the North are more likely pleasant for all month but the moisture, if the weather pattern happens, makes it feel not comfortable.
The Central Coast is to enter the dry season with sunshine, some overcast skies, and pleasant temperatures. The pleasant temperatures make visits to tourist sites and sightseeing tours quite good experiences. Those who spend beach holidays or seaside holidays should also have great times, too. This is definitely the best time to go for luxury beach holidays in the South of the Central Coast of Vietnam: Quy Nhon Beach, Tuy Hoa Beach, Nha Trang Beach, Cam Ranh Bay, Ninh Chu Beach, Mui Ne Beach and Phan Thiet Beach.
The Central Highlands experience the best time of a year: lovely breezes, sunshine and pleasant temperatures.
The South of Vietnam enters the hot season, hottest time of the year in March and April. It is plenty of sunshine and it is ideal for those who plan to have holidays by the sea or on the offshore islands in southern Vietnam. Those who are on beach holidays or family vacations in Vung Tau, Long Hai, on the offshore islands in Southern Vietnam should have great times!
It is good to note that the Northeasterly Monsoon is still dominant at sea and the sea may be rough all over Vietnam in March. Water sport activities and sea explorer tours, boat trips may be affected due to strong winds. This is not applied to beach vacations on the islands.
Those who plan to have luxury cruises on Halong Bay or Lan Ha Bay should have a great time too. But those who embark on adventure boat trips around the Cat Ba Island may experience rough sea in between the Cat Ba Island and the Lan Ha Bay.
Those who plan to travel by boat or speedboat to the Cu Lao Cham Island, Ly Son Island, Con Dao Islands and Phu Quoc Island should be prepared with rough sea still. And this is not a good time for scuba diving or snorkeling or sea boat tours around the Phu Quoc Island and Con Dao Islands. But it is fine to go on tours in the area of the Nha Trang Bay.
Paradissa Weather Watch in March 2023
In March 2023, the weather patterns in Vietnam were different compared to normal. The weather was mostly exceptionally beautiful most of the time: breezes, mild sunshine and pleasant temperatures.
There were no full days during which the North underwent normally wet and uncomfortable air. And in the fourth week of March there was a brief heat strike in several regions of Vietnam from 21-24th in which the temperatures in several regions in the country surpassed 36oC which is just very very unusual. Luckily the high temperatures in these regions were only briefly at mid day and it remained mostly pleasant in all over Vietnam even during the heat strike and this is very unusual too!
Some places in Vietnam with high temperatures (36- above 39oC) in the fourth week of March:
- Northwest: Son La (Muong La, Song Ma), Hoa Binh (Mai Chau);
- North of the Central Coast: Thanh Hoa (Hoi Xuan), Nghe An (Quy Chau, Tuong Duong, Quy Hop, Tay Hieu, Con Cuong, Do Luong), Ha Tinh (Huong Son, Huong Khe);
- Central Coast North of Hai Van: Quang Binh (Tuyen Hoa), Quang Tri (Dong Ha), Thua Thien-Hue (Nam Dong);
- South Central Coast: Phu Yen (Son Hoa);
- Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia Lai (Ayun Pa, Cheo Reo), Lam Dong (Cat Tien);
- South Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Dong Nai.
From the afternoon of 24th March 2023, there was a new spell of the cool Northeasterly Wind in Vietnam.
Below you can find our review and statistics of the weather in different regions in Vietnam in March 2023.
1/North Vietnam
The beginning of March in 2023 in northern Vietnam is quite unusual: it is lovely pleasant sunshine everyday. The air is beautifully dry, not damps as usual. And the temperatures are just perfect
The sub-regional weather in Northern Vietnam at the beginning of March 2023
- Northeast: sun, 14-27oC;
- Northwest: sun, clouds, some patchy rain, 14-28oC;
- Lowlands: cloud, dry, sun, 17-27oC;
March 2023 should be a perfect time to go on trekking tours, motorbike tours, mountain bike tours and bicycle tours in northern Vietnam given the perfect weather conditions in 2023. March 2023 was also perfect for other sightseeing tours, family vacations, nature tours, adventure tours and luxury holidays in northern Vietnam.
There was a spell of the Northeasterly Wind hitting Vietnam on 12-March causing slight isolated rain and slight drop in temperatures.
The sub-regional weather in Northern Vietnam in mid March 2023
- Northeast: clouds, rain, isolated rain, 12-26oC;
- Northwest: clouds, some isolated rain, 13-26oC;
- Lowlands: cloud, some sparsely isolated rain, 16-27oC;
The North experienced some warm days between 21-March and 23-March due to high-temperature air trough to the Northwest and West of Vietnam. Then from the afternoon of 24-March a new spell of the cool Northeasterly Wind started blowing through the region again bringing the temperatures slightly lower. The skies turned overcast and there were isolated light rain.
The sub-regional weather in Northern Vietnam at the end of March 2023:
- Northeast: clouds, isolated rains, 17-23oC;
- Northwest: clouds, some isolated rain, 20-28oC mostly, 20-34oC in Dien Bien;
- Lowlands: clouds, isolated rain, 20-26oC;
2/The North of the Central Region (Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh)
The North of the Central Region of Vietnam had perfect weather with sunshine and pleasant temperatures in March 2023. The temperatures were 17-24oC.
From 13th of March 2023, the region was under influence of a new spell of the Northeasterly Wind. It turned overcast alternated by isolated rain and sun. The temperatures were 16-26oC.
A heat strike hit the region from 21-March through 24-March which brought temperatures up to over 38oC in several places.
A new spell of the cool Northeasterly Wind started impacting the region from 25-March bringing the temperatures lower and some isolated rain. The temperatures were 22-26oC.
3/ The Central Coast of Vietnam (Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan).
The Central Coast enjoyed the best time of the year in March 2023 with dry air, pleasant sunshine and lovely temperatures.
- From Quang Binh to Hue: some patchy rain, mostly sun, 17-27oC;
- From Da Nang to Quang Ngai: some rain, some clouds and mostly sun, 18-27oC;
- From Quy Nhon to Tuy Hoa: some patchy rain, mostly sun and clouds, 21-27oC;
- From Nha Trang to Phan Thiet: sun, 19-31oC.
From mid March, the newly arrived spell of cool wind caused isolated rain and overcast skies for a couple of days, then it turned sunny.
- From Quang Binh to Hue: some patchy rain, some clouds and sun, 14-27oC;
- From Da Nang to Quang Ngai: some rain, some clouds and some sun, 18-27oC;
- From Quy Nhon to Tuy Hoa: some patchy rain, mostly sun and clouds, 21-27oC;
- From Nha Trang to Phan Thiet: some rain and clouds, sun, 21-29oC in Nha Trang; sun, 21-32oC in Phan Rang and Phan Thiet.
A heat strike hit the region from 21-March through 24-March which brought temperatures up to over 39oC in several places.
A new spell of the cool Northeasterly Wind started impacting the region from 25-March bringing the temperatures lower and some isolated showers. The temperatures were 22-31oC.
4/ The Central Highlands of Vietnam (Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Lam Dong)
The Central Highlands had the most beautiful weather in a year: sunshine with pleasant temperatures of 15-32oC.
The weather patterns were stable for the rest of the month. The cool wind at mid month was too weak to have any influence in this region.
A heat strike hit the region from 21-March through 24-March which brought temperatures up to over 36-37oC in several places.
A new spell of the cool Northeasterly Wind started impacting the region from 25-March bringing the temperatures lower. It remained sunny, the temperatures were 20-34oC.
5/The South of Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Tay Ninh, Vung Tau, Dong Nai, and the Mekong Delta)
The South of Vietnam had slightly warm weather with plenty of sunshine everyday. The temperatures were 22-33oC mostly, 21-35oC in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
A heat strike hit the region from 21-March through 24-March which brought temperatures up to over 36-37oC in several places.
After the heat strike, there was a weak spell of the Northeasterly Wind in the region. The temperatures turned more tolerable: 24-34oC mostly, 25-36oC in densely populated cities like Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Bien Hoa and Tay Ninh.
