Ho Chi Minh City is typically hot in December.

Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +31°C to +31°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +24°C to +23°C.

Make sure that you pack your summer linen and swimming costumes; it’s probably going to be hot.

Take a look at how December is compared to other months in Ho Chi Minh City:

December weather is still as ok as in November. The temperature levels stay the same in the area of +31°C for average maximum temperature during the day. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 134 mm to 51 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 80% to 75%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 1 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in December, from 1 to 3.

But maybe it is worth considering traveling in January as the weather gets better.

The climate in Ho Chi Minh City in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1999 (+31°C) and the highest in 2019 (+33°C). The driest year was 1992 with only 1461 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2024 with 2252 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Ho Chi Minh City, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.