March is spring in Northern Vietnam, the dry season with temperatures building up in the Central Coast, the dry season with pleasant temperatures in the Central Highlands, and the dry season with hot temperatures in Southern Vietnam.
In northern Vietnam, March is often the time of moist air with drizzles, clouds and sun, pleasant temperatures.
The Central Coast often has sun or clouds with pleasant or warm temperatures. This is the among best time to visit the Central Coast of Vietnam.
The sea is starting to get calm all over Vietnam in March, and sea exploration tours could be operable in some places.
Again, Vietnam is a narrow country with a long coastline and the country is to be affected tremendously by any change in sea temperatures and/or climate change. This is the reason that the weather patterns in Vietnam nowadays may vary from year to year and could be totally different from the norm.
Recap of Vietnam Weather in 2026
In the first month of 2026, it is found that the weather patterns were not normal:
- Winter in northern Vietnam was mostly with pleasant temperatures, only two periods with cold temperatures and each was for 4-5 days. The region enjoyed autumn-like weather from October 2025 through January 2026.
- The Central Coast of Vietnam had sun mostly after the first week of January 2026. It is normal that this region starts having dry season from March. The temperatures were very pleasant.
- The Central Highlands and southern Vietnam had lower temperatures than normal: 8oC and 14.3oC respectively.
- Southern Vietnam had torrential day for a day in the middle of the dry season.
In February 2026, all of Vietnam enjoyed mostly dry weather with pleasant sun and temperatures. Quite a few plant species started yielding flowers 1 to 1.5 month later than normal. So did the presence of migratory birds.
Monsoons in Vietnam in March
In March there are two main monsoons affecting Vietnam:
- The Southeasterly Monsoon which sometimes blows mostly in northern Vietnam which causes moist air and pleasant temperatures.
- The Northeasterly Monsoon which is weak in March and which has impact in northern Vietnam and in the Central Coast of Vietnam causing: pleasant temperatures with moist air in the North, pleasant temperatures in the Central Coast, dry weather with pleasant temperatures in the Central Highlands, dry weather with hot temperatures in southern Vietnam. Since the Northeasterly Monsoon is too weak, southern Vietnam could have days with very hot temperatures.
Due to the weak Northeasterly Monsoon that the sea is less rough or starts getting calm all over Vietnam in March.
What to expect from your holidays to Vietnam in March, where to go in Vietnam in March?
Taking the general weather conditions in Vietnam into consideration, for those travelers planning tours to Vietnam or those who are on holiday in Vietnam in March, then there are some notes as follows:
- March is no doubt among the best time to visit Vietnam given the dry weather and pleasant temperatures in most of the country. There may be some days that northern Vietnam may have moist air in the lowland which requires air-conditioning or air-drier.
In northern Vietnam, March is a great time to go on trekking tours, biking adventures to the far northern mountains. All trips through the lowland of the North are more likely to experience beautiful weather with mild sunshine, pleasant temperatures. Those who embark on mountain hiking tours are to marvel at ethereal clouds on the journeys.
March is still the bird wintering or migration season and of course this is among the best time of the year to go on bird watching tours in the North, in the Central Coast, in the Central Highlands and in southern Vietnam. But it is good to know that many bird species have left Vietnam for returning to their resident places: it is more quiet in March compared to winter months.
It is more likely that sea exploration tours like scuba-diving, snorkeling... are to be operable in many places.
The beaches in the Central Coast from Quang Binh to Nha Trang: Nhat Le, Cua Viet, Da Nang, Hoi An, Quang Ngai (Sa Huynh), Quy Nhon, Tuy Hoa, Doc Let, Nha Trang... are to offer great beach vacations.
The beaches in Vung Tau, Long Hai and Mui Ne, Phan Thiet are good options near Saigon Ho Chi Minh City.
Con Dao Islands, Phu Quoc Island are to have cloudy weather with lovely temperatures of 26-31oC.
Below you can find Paradissa’s reviews and statistics of the weather in different regions in Vietnam in March 2026
1/ Vietnam Weather in the First Decade of March 2026
2/ Vietnam Weather in the second decade of March 2026
3/ Vietnam Weather in the last decade of March 2026
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