Pleiku weather by month & the best time to visit
🇻🇳 Vietnam · regional city · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Pleiku is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 89/100), with January and March close behind. Pleiku averages about 1,973 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in February.
Jump to: month-by-month table · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 1,973
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 89/100
- Rain / year
- 903 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 114k
- Elevation
- 738 m
When is the best time to visit Pleiku?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Pleiku is February, then January and March. The dullest month is October (63/100, 172 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Pleiku?
Pleiku gets a moderate 1,973 hours of sunshine a year. February (89/100) is noticeably better than October (63). It ranks #14 of 22 destinations in Vietnam for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,124 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around October, carries about 49% of the annual 903 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 87 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 18 mm | 7 |
| February | 89 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 6 mm | 9 |
| March | 87 | 31° / 88°F | 17° / 63°F | 15 mm | 10 |
| April | 78 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 20 mm | 11 |
| May | 80 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 56 mm | 10 |
| June | 77 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 73 mm | 10 |
| July | 74 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 87 mm | 10 |
| August | 67 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 128 mm | 10 |
| September | 64 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 145 mm | 9 |
| October | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 172 mm | 8 |
| November | 67 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 129 mm | 7 |
| December | 80 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 54 mm | 6 |
See Pleiku on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Quy Nhon Vietnam · 111 km · best in Feb · 2,327 h sun/yr
- Buon Ma Thuot Vietnam · 149 km · best in Feb · 2,094 h sun/yr
- Chu Lai Vietnam · 172 km · best in Feb · 1,979 h sun/yr
- Tuy Hoa Vietnam · 178 km · best in Feb · 2,326 h sun/yr
- Da Nang Vietnam · 228 km · best in Feb · 2,154 h sun/yr
- Da Lat Vietnam · 253 km · best in Feb · 2,548 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Pleiku compares month by month: Pleiku vs Da Nang · Pleiku vs Quy Nhon · Pleiku vs Buon Ma Thuot · Pleiku vs Chu Lai · all comparisons
Put the Pleiku sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Pleiku's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: