Major city · Vietnam
Da LatĐà Lạt
Give Đà Lạt two or three nights as the cool break in a southern or central trip: pine hills, coffee farms and waterfalls at 1,500 m, with cold nights; December to March is dry.
Best months
Dec–Mar (dry, clear)
Avoid
Aug–Oct (heaviest rain)
Nights
2–3
Airport
DLI
Liên Khương
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Đà Lạt is a French-era hill station on the Lâm Viên plateau and Vietnam's favourite domestic holiday town. Days are mild and nights cold, a relief after Saigon or the coast. The town is busy and built-up; the reasons to stay are the countryside rides, the coffee farms, the night market and the eccentric sights like the Crazy House.
Understand
At a glance
- Airports
- DLI Liên Khương (About 30 km south; shuttle bus or taxi 40–50 min)
- Phrases
- Vietnamese phrasebook
Plan
Weather, what a day costs, where to sleep and how to move
Weather and climate
Da Lat: next 7 days
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Forecast: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), model data for this point.
Air quality
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Model estimate (CAMS via Open-Meteo), not a street-level station; readings near busy roads run higher.
Jan
23°
13°
3 rd
Feb
24°
14°
2 rd
Mar
25°
15°
5 rd
Apr
26°
16°
12 rd
May
26°
17°
19 rd
Jun
25°
17°
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Jul
24°
17°
22 rd
Aug
24°
17°
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Sep
24°
17°
23 rd
Oct
23°
16°
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Nov
22°
15°
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Dec
22°
14°
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High / low °C · rd = rain days
Cost per day
- Budget
- ₫450,000–800,000 (≈ US$18–35) excl. bed
- Mid
- ₫900,000–1,800,000 (≈ US$35–70) excl. bed
- High
- ₫2,200,000 (≈ US$85)+ excl. bed
Trip budget
| Hotel double room1 × 2 nights × ₫900,000 | ₫1,800,000 |
| Food, local transport, entries2 × 2 days × ₫1,300,000 | ₫5,200,000 |
| Easy-rider countryside day2 × ₫900,000 | ₫1,800,000 |
| Airport shuttle DLI, both ways2 × ₫100,000 · check | ₫200,000 |
| Buffer 10%Price creep, a taxi you did not plan, one splurge | ₫900,000 |
| Trip total≈ ₫2,475,000 per person per day, bed included | ₫9,900,000≈ US$400 |
2026 estimate in đồng; flights and tours excluded. Your choices stay in this browser.
Prices of common things
| Bánh tráng nướng | ₫20,000–40,000 (≈ US$1–2) |
| Coffee | ₫25,000–60,000 (≈ US$1–3) |
| Crazy House entry | about ₫120,000 (≈ US$5) (check) |
| Car to DLI | ₫250,000–350,000 (≈ US$10–14) |
2026 estimate; check locally.
Where to sleep
Around Xuân Hương Lake and the market
Walk to the night market and cafés; busy at weekends.
Hillside villas and homestays
Quieter, views, need a ride into town.
Getting around
Ride-hailing cars and taxis in town; hire a car with driver or an easy-rider for the countryside. Roads are hilly: walking between sights is harder than it looks.
On the ground
Day-trips
Coffee farms and Elephant Falls
goDoor to door: Half day
Car or easy-rider, 45 min
Lang Biang mountain
goDoor to door: Half day
Car 30 min + jeep or hike
Watch out
Safety
- Nights fall to 10–15 °C and rooms rarely have heating: bring a warm layer.
- Canyoning has had fatal accidents: use operators with certified guides and skip it after heavy rain.
- Tết, Christmas and summer weekends fill the town and double prices.
Emergency numbers
- Police
- 113
- Fire
- 114
- Ambulance
- 115
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Da LatĐà Lạt
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My bed tonight
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Cho tôi đến địa chỉ nàyPlease take me to this address
Emergency
- Police113
- Fire114
- Ambulance115
Embassy
No consulates; nearest in Ho Chi Minh City.
My embassy: —
Fare anchors (2026 estimate)
- Liên Khương (DLI) → centre, shuttle: about ₫50,000 (≈ US$2) (check), 40–50 min
- Taxi DLI → centre: ₫250,000–350,000 (≈ US$10–14)
Say or show
- Xin chào — Hello (sin chow)
- Cảm ơn — Thank you (gahm un)
- Bao nhiêu tiền? — How much is this? (bow nyew tee-en)
- Không cay — Not spicy, please (khom kai)
- Tính tiền — The bill, please (ting tee-en)
- Dừng ở đây — Stop here, please (yung uh day)
Show the address in Vietnamese with street and house number.
Deep dive
What this guide covers so far, and its sources
Not a trip line yet
This is a basic guide: no airport-to-bed contract, walking clusters or day plans are published for Da Lat. Airport, fare and schedule details are unverified; check the operators before you fly.
What we know, and what is coming
On this page
- Best months: Dec–Mar (dry, clear) · avoid Aug–Oct (heaviest rain)
- 1 airport and 2 areas to sleep in
- Weather: a 7-day forecast and monthly averages
- Cost per day in 3 bands
- 3 day-trips, door to door
- 3 things to watch out for, with emergency numbers
Coming as the guide grows
- Crazy House and the old railway station
- Night market bánh tráng nướng
- Coffee farm visit
Sources
- officialLâm Đồng tourism
- officialVietnam National Authority of Tourism
- secondaryWikivoyage — Da Lat