Hanoi in November

Dry, comfortable.

All twelve months in one grid — weather, crowds and prices, with gaps left as unknown.

No other month rates higher than November for Hanoi in this guide.

• HanoiHighs around 26 °C (79 °F), lows around 19 °C (66 °F), rain on about 7 daysHighs around 79 °F (26 °C), lows around 66 °F (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 (32 °F)), humid hot summers with storms Jul–Sep; Hạ Long cruises cancel on storm warnings.Four seasons: cool grey winters (Sa Pa can reach 32 °F (0 °C)), humid hot summers with storms Jul–Sep; Hạ Long cruises cancel on storm warnings.

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 · Vietnam overall

Medium

Prices · Vietnam overall

Medium

Vietnam overall: North and far south good; the central flood peak makes Hội An a gamble.

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Hanoi, side by side.

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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