Cold front to bring cooler weather to HCMC this week

By Minh Nga November 17, 2024 | 08:29 pm PT

People wear warm clothes when driving on a street in HCMC an early morning in December 2022 when temperatures dropped to 20 degrees Celsius. Photo by VnExpress/Dinh Van

A cold front moving south from northern Vietnam is expected to reach Ho Chi Minh City this week, bringing nighttime temperatures down to 23-24 degrees Celsius and daytime highs to 31-32 degrees.

According to the Southern Regional Hydrometeorological Center, this is set to be the strongest cold spell affecting southern Vietnam and HCMC since the start of the winter monsoon season, which typically lasts from November to February. The cold air is predicted to penetrate deeper into the region by Wednesday.

From Wednesday through Sunday, temperatures in HCMC are forecast to drop, with lows of 23-24 degrees and highs of 31-32 degrees. This will provide a noticeable relief from the recent highs of up to 34 degrees.

American weather service AccuWeather has forecast the week's lowest temperatures for HCMC at 24-26 degrees.

Vietnam's National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported that the cold wave is lowering average temperatures in northern regions, including Hanoi, to 24-26 degrees during the day, with the effects expected to persist from Monday to Wednesday.