Vietnam

Ha Long Bay in November

☀️ Dry season

Pleasant, a little humid and mostly dry.

🎒 Pack: sunglasses & hat

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Why November scores 9.0What goes into the score

🌡️ 25° / 19°C🌧️ 44 mm💧 dew pt 18°🍃 PM2.5 18

Weather comfort50%9.4
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (25.3°C highs / 18.5°C lows)
- !Humid (dew point 18.2°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~44 mm rain)
Air quality20%8.0
- ✓Moderate (PM2.5 ~18 µg/m³)
Seasonal hazards20%9.5
- !Tropical cyclone: Edge of the Western Pacific typhoon season
Safety baseline10%7.5
- ·Increased caution

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Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast).

No long holidays

No long public-holiday weekends this month. School holidays aren't counted, so check those if you want to avoid family crowds.

Other public holidays: Vietnam Cultural Day (24 Nov)

National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).

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A UNESCO-listed bay in northern Vietnam with thousands of limestone islands, best explored on an overnight boat cruise.

Events in November

No major events on our calendar for November.

Coming up later

Tết (Lunar New Year)Date variesLunar calendar — late Jan to mid-Feb, date moves each year

Vietnam's biggest holiday, when families gather and streets are decorated with flowers and red banners.

Why go: Many shops and restaurants close for several days and domestic travel is very busy, so book transport early.

Where: Ha Long and across Vietnam

National DayEvery year2 September every year

A national holiday marking Vietnam's declaration of independence.

Why go: Domestic travel is busy around the long weekend.

Where: Across Vietnam