Cần Thơ
City in Vietnam: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Cần Thơ is a city in Vietnam, in Can Tho City. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Vietnam in our atlas.
It lies at 10.04° N, 105.79° E, about 3 m (10 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Cần Thơ. Green dots: other major cities of Vietnam. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Cần Thơ has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 36°C (97°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 21°C (70°F). Around 1,440 mm (57 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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
- Ho Chi Minh City · 127 km
- Thủ Đức · 140 km
- Thuận An · 141 km
- Dĩ An · 144 km
- Vũng Tàu · 146 km
- Biên Hòa · 152 km
- Nha Trang · 446 km
- Qui Nhon · 560 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1586203 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q11840144 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Can Tho Museum: Daaé, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
