Biên Hòa
City in Vietnam: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Nhà thờ chính Văn miếu Trấn Biên: Bùi Thụy Đào Nguyên, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Biên Hòa is a city in Vietnam, in Dong Nai. About 1.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Vietnam in our atlas.
It lies at 10.94° N, 106.82° E, about 6 m (20 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Biên Hòa. Green dots: other major cities of Vietnam. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Biên Hòa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 37°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 20°C (69°F). Around 1,373 mm (54 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in VietnamNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Dĩ An · 7 km
- Thủ Đức · 12 km
- Thuận An · 12 km
- Ho Chi Minh City · 25 km
- Vũng Tàu · 72 km
- Cần Thơ · 151 km
- Nha Trang · 296 km
- Qui Nhon · 409 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1587923 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q19316 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Nhà thờ chính Văn miếu Trấn Biên: Bùi Thụy Đào Nguyên, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- XaloBienhoa1: USIA, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
