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Da Nang, Vietnam's principal central city and port, sits on the South China Sea coast midway along the country, at the foot of the Truong Son mountains and beside the Hai Van Pass at approximately 16.05°N, 108.20°E. It has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — hot and humid — with a distinctive autumn wet season and exposure to typhoons.
Summer, from May to August, is hot and comparatively dry, with June and July the hottest — highs around 33–34°C — and hot, dry winds spilling down from the mountains to the west. This is the drier, sunnier season, ideal for the beaches, though humidity remains high and afternoon thunderstorms occur.
The wet season, from September to December, is warm and drenching, as the northeast monsoon drives moist air against the Truong Son mountains behind the city; October and November are extraordinarily wet, and this is peak typhoon season, when storms off the South China Sea bring destructive winds and catastrophic flooding.
Da Nang is very wet, receiving on the order of 2,000–2,500 mm of rain a year, overwhelmingly concentrated in the autumn wet season from September to December — October and November alone can bring over half the annual total — while February to April is markedly dry. Live rainfall, humidity, and pressure readings for the city are shown in the panels above.
Da Nang's rainy season falls in autumn rather than summer — the opposite of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City — because the northeast monsoon drives moist sea air against the mountains just inland. The Hai Van Pass above the city marks a genuine climatic divide, sheltering the south from the cold winter air that chills Hue just beyond.
To follow any single measurement in Da Nang more closely, use our live instruments: the online barometer for atmospheric pressure, the thermometer for temperature, the hygrometer for humidity, the anemometer for wind speed, the wind vane for wind direction, and the rain gauge for rainfall.