Vientiane
Capital of Laos: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
20171118 Vientiane 3220 DxO: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Vientiane is the capital of Laos, in Vientiane Prefecture. About 840,940 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Laos in our atlas.
It lies at 17.97° N, 102.60° E, about 174 m (571 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Vientiane time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Vientiane. Green dots: other major cities of Laos. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Vientiane 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 14°C (58°F). Around 1,215 mm (48 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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 LaosNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1651944 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q9326 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 20171118 Vientiane 3220 DxO: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Vientiane-Patu Xay-10-Allee-gje: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- StadAnouvong: Chaoborus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- LaosNationalMuseum: neajjean, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- DCPalace-2010: Chaoborus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
