Nghĩa Lộ climate — normals and trends
Nghĩa Lộ (Vietnam) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 2,601 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Nghĩa Lộ averages 0 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 245 rainy days per year.
Nghĩa Lộ has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 18 May 2019) and the coldest -2.2 °C (on 31 December 1975).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Nghĩa LộLao Cai
- coords
- 21.60°, 104.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.9°C
Average daily high
22.7°C
Average daily low
16.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,601mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
85%
Average peak wind
6.1km/h
Seasonal range
11.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
245 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
25.3 °C
Average feels-like low
17.3 °C
Average peak gust
29.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
98 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.4 °C
18 May 2019
Coldest day
-2.2 °C
31 December 1975
Wettest day
219 mm
24 July 1996
Windiest day
16.3 km/h
24 July 1996
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
23 July 1980
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
1 June 2023
Coldest feels-like
-5.4 °C
31 December 1975
Snowiest day
4.3 cm
24 January 2016
Sunniest day
13.3 h
13 June 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 44 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 16.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 81 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 21.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 90 mm | -52 mm |
| Apr | 24.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 290 mm | +79 mm |
| May | 26.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 310 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 366 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 28.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 540 mm | +181 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 477 mm | +51 mm |
| Sep | 26.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 468 mm | +139 mm |
| Oct | 24.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 189 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 19.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 90 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 18.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 79 mm | +18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nghĩa Lộ?
Nghĩa Lộ has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 2,601 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nghĩa Lộ?
The hottest day measured in Nghĩa Lộ between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 2019, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nghĩa Lộ?
The coldest day measured in Nghĩa Lộ between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1975, at -2.2 °C.
Does it snow in Nghĩa Lộ?
Almost never: Nghĩa Lộ sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Nghĩa Lộ warmed?
Yes: Nghĩa Lộ warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nghĩa Lộ?
The wettest day measured in Nghĩa Lộ between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1996, with 219 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nghĩa Lộ?
The windiest day measured in Nghĩa Lộ between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1996, with winds reaching 16.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nghĩa Lộ?
The warmest month in Nghĩa Lộ is June (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Nghĩa Lộ?
Nghĩa Lộ receives on average 2,601 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 245 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nghĩa Lộ?
Nghĩa Lộ gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nghĩa Lộ?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nghĩa Lộ between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 4.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nghĩa Lộ?
Yes: Nghĩa Lộ has on average 98 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nghĩa Lộ?
In Nghĩa Lộ, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 1 June 2023, and the lowest was -5.4 °C on 31 December 1975.
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