Tea plantations at Moc Chau Plateau

Tinh Son La Holiday Weather today


Date/time of update: March 19, 2024, 2:11 am, Timezone: GMT+7
Scattered Clouds

Temperature: 24.34°C
Temperature feels like: 24.5°C
Minimum Temperature: 24.34°C
Maximum Temperature: 24.34°C
Atmospheric pressure: 1017hPa
Humidity:64%
Visibility: 10000m
Wind speed: 3.49m/sec
Wind Direction: 118 degrees
Cloudiness: 47%
Sunrise: 2024-03-18 11:08:58
Sunset: 2024-03-19 11:14:33

Moc Chau Plateau is on an averaged elevation of 1,000m above sea level and is endowed with cool temperatures all year. There are four seasons in the Moc Chau Plateau and each of them has its own charm.

Travel Guide to Weather in Moc Chau, Son La

1/ January – February

This is winter time coming into spring time, the temperatures are cold with possibilities of snow in the first half of January. Then the temperatures may fluctuate more or less than 10oC.

Moc Chau in the summer
Moc Chau in the summer

This time the plum and peach trees are in blossoms and the plateau is just so beautiful! It is mostly dry during this time but there may be some extremely light rain or rain-dust, as the Vietnamese call it. The rain may come only just before or after a new spell of cold winds.

The Hmong in Moc Chau celebrate their new year in January through the Vietnamese Lunar New Year and the festive atmosphere lingers over a month. Moc Chau is quite crowded with tourists who love photography of the flowers in full blossom and who hope to play with snow.

2/ March – April

It is spring time in most of northern Vietnam. But in the Northwestern region of the country there is the foehn blowing from Laos which makes temperatures higher and which makes it dry most of the time and there is plenty of mild sunshine. Moc Chau is on high altitudes and the temperatures are pleasant (around 20oC).

3/ May – July

This is summer time in northern Vietnam and the temperatures may get to over 38oC in the lowlands in northern Vietnam as well as in the Northwestern Region of the country. But thanks to high altitudes, Moc Chau has pleasant temperatures from below 20oc to 28oC.

It rains occasionally in June and July and it may be torrential rain each time there is a typhoon hitting northern Vietnam. Other than this, it is sunshine and lovely weather in Moc Chau. It is school holidays and Moc Chau is crowded with Vietnamese tourists during this period. The Vietnamese travel to Moc Chau to escape the scorching summer heat in the lowlands.

This is the season of peach and plum fruits as well as several other type of fruits in Moc Chau: mango, avocado, pearson…

4/ August – October

This is autumn time in northern Vietnam and in Moc Chau. There may be typhoons in August – September that affects Moc Chau causing incessant rain. Else, it is beautiful dry weather with lovely sunshine.

In this period, Moc Chau offers lots of organic vegetables.

5/ November – December

This is winter time and it gets cold to below freezing point occasionally. There are lovely vegetables at this time and there are fields of vegetables in blossom that make the plateau more of an irresistible charm. This time the plateau attracts quite a lot of young tourists in Vietnam who travel to Moc Chau to get soaked in the usual cold hoping to get some snow.


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