Thanh Hóa
City in Vietnam: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Sa Majesté Bao-Daï fit le pèlerinage aux Tombeaux des ancêtres de la Dynastie à Thanh-Hóa, 1932: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Thanh Hóa is a city in Vietnam, in Thanh Hóa Province. About 850,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Vietnam in our atlas.
It lies at 19.80° N, 105.77° E, about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Bangkok time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Thanh Hóa. Green dots: other major cities of Vietnam. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Thanh Hóa has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 12°C (54°F). Around 1,611 mm (63 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
- Vinh · 125 km
- Hanoi · 136 km
- Haiphong · 152 km
- Huế · 417 km
- Da Nang · 487 km
- Qui Nhon · 760 km
- Nha Trang · 912 km
- Biên Hòa · 989 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1566166 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q36175 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Sa Majesté Bao-Daï fit le pèlerinage aux Tombeaux des ancêtres de la Dynastie à Thanh-Hóa, 1932: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ham Rong Bridge: Rolers.FTU, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- San-thanh-hoa-thay-da-doi-thit-truoc-them-flc-cup-2016: Ducduy091295, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
