Hanoi Vietnam Weather

Hanoi one of the most visited of the Vietnam popular destinations, is the beautiful capital city of Vietnam, sprawling in the banks of the Red River with French colonial heritage. Hanoi has been traditionally a point of convergence of much of country’s talents in arts and culture with a heavy influence of Confucian values among the people.

Hanoi has four distinct seasons each year, those are: spring, summer, fall, winter. Spring months are March, April and May; Summer is June, July, August; autumn is September, October, November; winter is December, January, February.

Spring – low humidity and rainfall make for a more pleasurable stay, though by May the heat and humidity are on the rise and the monsoon downpours start. This is a good time to go exploring the hills of the north around Sa Pa or Bac Ha, or set off on a road trip to Son La and Dien Bien Phu.

Summer months, Hanoi is quite hot, the temperature can get about 38oC to 40oC. It’s best time to visit Sapa Lao Cai, Because sapa weather is very cool this time.

The weather remains cold and dry in winter, the minimum winter temperature in Hanoi can dip as low as 6oC to 7oC. this season, Most people only like to sleep with a warm blanket.

Autumn and first haft of winter is the most beautiful season in Hanoi. You can take a walk around Hanoi capital, visit The old quarter, Guom lake, Ho Chi Minh mausoleums…
The best time to visit Hanoi is about from September to November or from March to April, Because the weather is not too hot or too cold this time, it’s nice and make you comfortable.

Hanoi  Sapa Viet Nam

Sapa is located in Lao Cai province, 350 km from Ha noi, close to the border with China. Sapa is home to a great diversity of ethnic minority people. It is likely that, Sapa was first inhabited by highland minorities of H’mong and Dzao group and later came the Tay, Zay, and a small number of Xa Pho to form the 5 main ethnic groups which takes about 85% of the district’s population today and a very small number of them live in Sapa town, most of them live in small villages and hamlets scattering in valleys and hamlets scattering in valleys and mountains throughout the district.

 If you would like to have a trekking tour to Sapa, you will need to come to Hanoi first. Then take the overnight train to Lao Cai province. There are many Hanoi Laocai train such as Fansipan Express, Victoria Carriage, Tulico Express, Et Pumpkin train, Ratraco train, Livitrans… Except the Victoria Express is the most luxury train is only available for those who book the Victoria Sapa hotel (for in-house guest only). Other train are of quite the same standard which departs around 8 or 9pm every night.
Upon your arrival in Laocai train station, you will need to hire a private car or take a public bus to go uphill to Sapa, 40-minutes drive away.

Most of trekking tours are organized from Sapa town. If you take a half day trekking tour or a day walking trip, you can sleep in Sapa town. But if you take an overnight hiking trip or a multi-day trekking tour, you should stay in a homestay in a local tribal village. A guided trekking tour is highly recommended for any trek in Sapa. Because you will trek through local hilltribe villages where peoples have different customs and traditions. Moreover these areas are closed to the border where you will need to have special permits to visit.