When to go · Hanoi
Hanoi in November
Great month. Dry, comfortable.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 26° / 19°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 7
- Crowds
- Medium
- Vietnam overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Vietnam overall
Verdict
Dry, comfortable.
Weather in November
- HanoiHighs around 26 °C, lows around 19 °C, rain on about 7 days
- North, Vietnam · Hanoi, Hạ Long, Ninh Bình, Sa Pabest weather
Four seasons: cool grey winters (Sa Pa can reach 0 °C), humid hot summers with storms Jul–Sep; Hạ Long cruises cancel on storm warnings.
Autumn season
The best walking weather: green rice flakes (cốm) in September, milk-flower scent in October, Mid-Autumn lanterns on Hàng Mã.
Watch: 2 September closures; the rush for October rooms.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Autumn: milk-flower and green-rice season
Late September to November · Street sellers everywhere
Cốm (young green rice) sold in lotus-leaf parcels; the heavy scent of hoa sữa trees at night.
City marathons and runs check
Autumn weekends · Around the lakes
Road closures around Hoàn Kiếm and West Lake on race mornings.
Hanoi Creative Design Festival and Pride events check
Autumn, dates vary · Old Quarter, Hoàn Kiếm, Tây Hồ
Exhibitions and pop-ups in heritage buildings; Pride runs over a weekend.
Daisy season (cúc họa mi)
About mid-November to mid-December · Flower bikes around the Old Quarter and Phan Đình Phùng
Photographers stop traffic; flowers ₫50,000–100,000 a bunch.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Vietnam overall
- Medium
- Prices · Vietnam overall
- Medium
Vietnam overall: North and far south good; the central flood peak makes Hội An a gamble.
What to pack
Nothing unusual for the weather this month.