What's on in Nha Trang (Cam Ranh), Vietnam through the year

Peak crowds — Tet, Dry season

• Holiday

  Tet

  15 Jan – 28 Feb · usuallyLunar New YearClosuresCrowded

  Small restaurants shut for several days while the beachfront hotels fill with Vietnamese families. The Po Nagar towers and the temples above the city are the busiest they get. Source ↗

• Season

  Dry season

  15 Jan – 31 Aug · usuallyCrowded

  Nha Trang runs opposite to the north: the settled, swimmable stretch is the first two-thirds of the year, and the boats to Hon Mun go out daily. July and August add the domestic crowd.

Peak crowds — Tet, Dry season

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Tet (15 Jan – 28 Feb (usually)), Dry season (15 Jan – 31 Aug (usually))

Peak crowds — Dry season, Po Nagar temple festival

• Festival

  Po Nagar temple festival

  25 Mar – 5 May · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  The Cham towers above the river hold three days of offerings, processions and dance in the third lunar month, drawing pilgrims from across the south-central coast. Source ↗

Still on: Dry season (15 Jan – 31 Aug (usually))

Peak crowds — Dry season, Po Nagar temple festival

• Holiday

  Reunification Day break

  28 Apr – 4 MaySchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  The long weekend puts the whole country on the road and this coast is where much of it goes. Beachfront rates roughly double and the island boats run at capacity. Source ↗

Still on: Dry season (15 Jan – 31 Aug (usually)), Po Nagar temple festival (25 Mar – 5 May (usually))

Peak crowds — Dry season, Po Nagar temple festival

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Dry season (15 Jan – 31 Aug (usually)), Po Nagar temple festival (25 Mar – 5 May (usually)), Reunification Day break (28 Apr – 4 May)

Peak crowds — Dry season, Summer break in Vietnam

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Dry season (15 Jan – 31 Aug (usually))

Peak crowds — Dry season, Summer break in Vietnam

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Dry season (15 Jan – 31 Aug (usually))

Peak crowds — Dry season, Summer break in Vietnam

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Dry season (15 Jan – 31 Aug (usually))

Busy — Summer break in Vietnam, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Rain season on the coast

  1 Sep – 15 Dec · usuallyMonsoonRisk

  The year's rain arrives in the last third of it, in long spells rather than showers, and the river can come up into the low streets. Rates fall and the boat trips get cancelled on the bad days.

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Hazard

  Typhoon season

  1 Oct – 15 Dec · usually

  Storms this far south are rarer than on the central coast but arrive late in the year, and the ones that have hit here did real damage. Warnings come days ahead. Source ↗

Still on: Rain season on the coast (1 Sep – 15 Dec (usually))

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Rain season on the coast (1 Sep – 15 Dec (usually)), Typhoon season (1 Oct – 15 Dec (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Rain season on the coast (1 Sep – 15 Dec (usually)), Typhoon season (1 Oct – 15 Dec (usually))