Vietnam
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Vietnam
Official name: | Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
Capital: | Hanoi |
Area: | total: 329,560 sq km land: 325,360 sq km water: 4,200 sq km |
Climate: | tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October to mid-March) |
Location: | Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia |
Geographic coordinates: | 16 00 N, 106 00 E |
Comparative Area: | slightly larger than New Mexico |
Land boundaries: | total: 4,639 km border countries: Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km |
Coastline: | 3,444 km (excludes islands) |
Terrain: | low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: Fan Si Pan 3,144 m |
Map of Vietnam