Best time to visit Phú Quốc

Vietnam · Southeast Asia

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Phú Quốc

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Beach and sea Dec–Apr · fair Nov

Go in Dec–Mar — these months score within a whisker of each other; 31C max, 4 rainy days. Nov is the next best.

Dry season: Dec–Mar, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.

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Month by month

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Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	30°	3d	75%	10.4h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Feb	30°	2d	77%	10.8h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Mar	31°	4d	78%	11.3h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Apr	31°	9d	80%	11.3h	ok	31C max, 9 rainy days
May	31°	20d	85%	9.8h	avoid	monsoon: 20 rainy days, 353mm
Jun	29°	23d	87%	8.5h	avoid	monsoon: 23 rainy days, 387mm
Jul	29°	26d	88%	7.6h	avoid	monsoon: 26 rainy days, 498mm
Aug	29°	24d	87%	8.3h	avoid	monsoon: 24 rainy days, 406mm
Sep	29°	24d	89%	7.5h	avoid	monsoon: 24 rainy days, 495mm
Oct	29°	21d	88%	8.5h	avoid	monsoon: 21 rainy days, 424mm
Nov	30°	11d	82%	9.6h	okbusy	busier than usual
Dec	30°	4d	75%	10.0h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at Dương Đông and Long Beach, 6 km from the airport (PQC): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

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

Busiest from November to March; quietest from May to September.

Then and now

Phú Quốc's February days now average 30.3°C, 2.7°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	27.4°	27.6°	28.6°	29.3°	29.0°	28.4°	28.0°	27.7°	27.6°	27.8°	27.9°	27.7°
2017–26	29.6°	30.3°	31.2°	31.4°	30.6°	29.3°	28.7°	28.8°	28.5°	29.3°	29.7°	29.7°
Change	+2.2°	+2.7°	+2.6°	+2.1°	+1.6°	+0.9°	+0.7°	+1.0°	+0.9°	+1.5°	+1.8°	+2.0°

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

How far Phú Quốc is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do 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. 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 Phú Quốc

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.

Walking: One of the joys of the top-rated Long Beach accommodations is that everything is so accessible. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Phu Quoc, 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.

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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Phú Quốc in pictures

An Thoi fishing harbour Sunset Town Sun World Phu Quoc Vietnam — i

Vivu Vietnam, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

2 Phu Quoc aerial view — i

Elmschrat, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

1 Phu Quoc sunset — i

Elmschrat, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Phú Quốc is like

Phú Quốc (pronounced fú-kwóg) is a large tropical Vietnamese island off the coast of Cambodia. It is only accessible from Vietnam. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: The roads going round the northwest corner of the island are an interesting ride on a motorbike. The roads are quiet and safe, and also the unpaved roads are easy to ride (just be careful of loose sand in some places). More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Sunworld Hon Thom Water Park, Hon Thom Island (via the cable car listed in "See" above). More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Visitors from any country arriving in Phú Quôc by cruise ship do not need a visa for stays of up to 15 days. A passport with at least 45 days' validity is required. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Your biggest risk on Phú Quôc is getting sick or being involved in an accident. Crocodiles are a thing of the past. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Phu Quoc, 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 Phú Quốc

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Kind of place

Phú Quốc is in Vietnam, Southeast Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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