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Best time to visit Mui Ne
Vietnam · Southeast Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Mui Ne
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- JanJMui Ne in January: good, busy
- FebFMui Ne in February: good, busy
- MarMMui Ne in March: sweet spot
- AprAMui Ne in April: sweet spot
- MayMMui Ne in May: ok
- JunJMui Ne in June: good
- JulJMui Ne in July: good
- AugAMui Ne in August: good
- SepSMui Ne in September: ok
- OctOMui Ne in October: ok
- NovNMui Ne in November: good, busy
- DecDMui Ne in December: good, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
Dry season: Nov–Apr, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30° | 1d | 69% | 10.5h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 31° | 0d | 68% | 11.3h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 31° | 0d | 72% | 11.7h | sweet spot | 31C max, 0 rainy days |
| Apr | 32° | 1d | 75% | 11.7h | sweet spot | 32C max, 1 rainy day |
| May | 32° | 9d | 79% | 11.0h | ok | 32C max, 9 rainy days |
| Jun | 32° | 10d | 81% | 10.9h | good | 32C max, 10 rainy days |
| Jul | 31° | 12d | 82% | 10.6h | good | 31C max, 12 rainy days |
| Aug | 31° | 11d | 82% | 10.9h | good | 31C max, 11 rainy days |
| Sep | 30° | 14d* | 85% | 9.6h | ok | 30C max, 14 rainy days |
| Oct | 30° | 13d | 84% | 9.2h | ok | 30C max, 13 rainy days |
| Nov | 30° | 5d | 79% | 9.3h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 30° | 3d | 72% | 9.6h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Hàm Tiến, the resort strip: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.* Rainy days in September are as the weather station at Phan Thiet (16 km away) counts them, where it and the model disagree on a wet month (WMO 48887, 2017–2026).
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Mui Ne's December days now average 30.3°C, 1.8°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 29.2° | 29.9° | 30.8° | 31.5° | 31.1° | 30.3° | 30.3° | 30.3° | 29.6° | 28.8° | 28.6° | 28.5° |
| 2017–26 | 30.2° | 30.9° | 31.4° | 32.1° | 32.1° | 31.7° | 31.1° | 31.3° | 30.5° | 30.1° | 30.3° | 30.3° |
| Change | +1.1° | +1.1° | +0.6° | +0.6° | +1.0° | +1.5° | +0.7° | +1.0° | +0.9° | +1.3° | +1.7° | +1.8° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Ho Chi Minh City (SGN), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Ho Chi Minh City.
| Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Nha Trang/nha Trang aiurportCam Ranh (CXR) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Mui Ne is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Bangkok
- from Kuala Lumpur
- from Hanoi
- from Singapore
- from Hong Kong
- from Manila
- from Jakarta
- from Taipei
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Mui Ne, flying or not.
Before you go
Type A and C and F and G plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Vietnamese đồng. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Vietnam: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards work in hotels, malls and tourist places; carry cash for street food, markets and small shops. Most shops show a VietQR code, which some Asian bank and wallet apps can now scan.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected, though welcome in tourist places. Carry small notes so a taxi driver cannot keep the change.
Getting around Mui Ne
- Apps — Rides: Green SM, Grab, Be. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Zalo, WhatsApp. Green SM, the electric taxi and motorbike app, was called Xanh SM until April 2026, so older signs and guides use that name.
You can't get lost in Mui Ne and Ham Tien, since the whole place consists of one long strip along a main street, Nguyen Dinh Chieu. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Mui Ne, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 113 · ambulance 115 · fire 114. The emergency lines answer in Vietnamese only.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Mui Ne in pictures
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Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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What Mui Ne is like
Mui Ne is a traditional fishing town with approximately 25,000 residents in Bình Thuận Province in Southern Vietnam that became a ward of the City of Phan Thiết in 1999. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Poshanu Cham Tower (Thap Po Sah Inu). The Poshanu Cham Tower in Phu Hai ward is a derelict remainder of the ancient Cham culture that was built in the 8th century. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- All-terrain vehicle – You can ride one on the white sand dunes. Day tours – Travel agents and restaurants abound with day tour offerings for US$7–13. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Unless you arrive directly by tourist or open tour bus, Phan Thiet to the west is the main transport hub for this region and Mui Ne. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Mui Ne, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Mui Ne
Also in Vietnam
- Da Nang best Mar, Apr, May
- Ha Long Bay best Apr, Oct, Nov
- Hanoi best Jan, Mar, Nov
- Ho Chi Minh City best Jan, Nov, Dec
- Huế best Jan, Feb, Mar
- Hội An best Feb, Mar, Apr
- Nha Trang best Mar, Apr, Jul
- Ninh Bình best Mar, Oct, Nov
- Phú Quốc best Jan, Mar, Dec
- Sa Pa best Mar, Apr, Nov
- Đà Lạt best Feb, Mar, Apr
Nearby
- Phnom Penh Cambodia · 369 km
- Kampot Cambodia · 446 km
- Sihanoukville Cambodia · 520 km
- Pakse Laos · 534 km
Kind of place
Mui Ne is in Vietnam, Southeast Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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