Best time to visit Laos

The best time to visit Laos depends on your preferences.

• Do you plan to travel Laos, You should know: having two distinct weather seasons in Laos. Laos’s weather system is relatively simple compared with much of Asia; including a dry season (October to late April) and a rainy season (May to late September).
• Within each season there are transformation in temperature, with the dry months causing to the wet season (March and April) and the early rainy season (May and June) usually being the hottest of the year.

Laos weather summary

The dry season from November to April has almost no rain and temperatures are more moderate. The rainy season from May to October is marked by tropical heavy rains in the afternoon, though some travelers prefer to visit Laos at this time, when fewer tourists come and prices are markedly lower.

Rainy season

• The early months of the rainy season (May to July) remain very hot and rainfall is often short lived, while in the latter months (late July to September) the rains trend to get more constant and can be heavy at times. Especially in southern of the country. Further north and in Luang Prabang, rainfall trends to be lighter and you can often expect rain during the night or mornings with some relatively clear afternoons. Across Laos, throughout the rainy season, daytime temperatures average around 29°C in the lowlands and 23°C in the mountain valleys.
• Temperatures throughout the country are also greatly effected by height with much of the country at a level that degrees the country’s average temperatures by several degrees °C. As a general rule north, central and eastern regions are at a higher area than those in the south, where at its lowest, in the Mekong River valley, humidity is higher and temperatures in exuberancy of 35°C are not uncommon between March and April.
• Throughout the country in all but the hottest months is often advisable to have a jumper or fleece for the evenings, when there is a tendency for it to get quite cool.

Laos landscape

 

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