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Sapa motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best month to ride in the Sapa area is November.
The driest months are February, November and December; the wettest is August, with about 426 mm of rain over 29 rain days.
Days are warmest in May (average high 25 °C) and nights coldest in January (average low 8 °C).
Month by month
Sapa town and the Hoang Lien mountains at about 1,500 m.
- JanMixed15°/8°103 mm
- FebMixed17°/9°75 mm
- MarMixed21°/13°125 mm
- AprMixed24°/15°160 mm
- MayMixed25°/18°206 mm
- JunPoor25°/19°326 mm
- JulPoor25°/19°348 mm
- AugPoor24°/19°426 mm
- SeptMixed24°/18°223 mm
- OctMixed21°/16°129 mm
- NovGood19°/13°54 mm
- DecMixed16°/9°68 mm
Average high/low in °C and monthly rain. How we rate months
- Winter cold fronts reach the northern mountains several times a month. Late winter often brings long spells of low cloud, fog and drizzle on the passes. Source
- Frost is possible in the coldest weeks and snow has been recorded around Sapa. Source
Show the numbers
| Month | Riding | High | Low | Rain | Rain days | PM2.5 | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Mixed | 15 °C 59 °F | 8 °C 47 °F | 103 mm | 14 | 29 | see note |
| February | Mixed | 17 °C 62 °F | 9 °C 49 °F | 75 mm | 13 | 23 | see note |
| March | Mixed | 21 °C 70 °F | 13 °C 55 °F | 125 mm | 18 | 32 | wet |
| April | Mixed | 24 °C 74 °F | 15 °C 60 °F | 160 mm | 18 | 33 | wet |
| May | Mixed | 25 °C 77 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 206 mm | 25 | 17 | wet |
| June | Poor | 25 °C 76 °F | 19 °C 66 °F | 326 mm | 29 | 10 | very wet |
| July | Poor | 25 °C 76 °F | 19 °C 66 °F | 348 mm | 28 | 10 | very wet |
| August | Poor | 24 °C 76 °F | 19 °C 66 °F | 426 mm | 29 | 10 | very wet |
| September | Mixed | 24 °C 74 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 223 mm | 24 | 12 | wet |
| October | Mixed | 21 °C 70 °F | 16 °C 60 °F | 129 mm | 17 | 16 | wet |
| November | Good | 19 °C 67 °F | 13 °C 55 °F | 54 mm | 11 | 20 | |
| December | Mixed | 16 °C 60 °F | 9 °C 48 °F | 68 mm | 11 | 27 | see note |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Sapa, corrected to riding elevation. Reanalysis smooths mountains and local showers, so read these as a regional picture rather than a forecast. PM2.5 in µg/m³ from the CAMS global model, 2022 to 2025; it tends to read lower than ground monitors during smoke episodes.
Climate data: Open-Meteo / ERA5, 2015 to 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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