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Vietnam might look small on google maps, but it actually almost as big as Germany and weather in south is very different from north. I understand that a lot of
by SXX 4y ago
Vietnam might look small on google maps, but it actually almost as big as Germany and weather in south is very different from north. I understand that a lot of people live in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, but there are certainly places that are quite close to some island tropical heaven.
I spent plenty of time living around Phan Thiet, Na Trang and Da Nang next to the sea. While it generally humid in many places there is barely any rain outside of rain season.
- sarchertech 4y agoMy sister-in-law is from the south, her family is from the mid region, and my brother lived in Hanoi for a little while. All I have heard from any of them about the weather is how terrible it is. I get that there are a few parts of Vietnam where it’s not oppressively hot and humid for a bit of the year, but “the weather” being a reason to move back year round seems suspect. I’m not saying that there are zero people in the world who love the weather there, but if you compare the cities in Vietnam with the “best” weather they don’t come close to comparing with a city with good weather in the continental US—much less with a tropical paradise like Hawaii. Compare the average humidity, temperature, average rainy days, percent of clear days etc… between Da Nang and Honolulu. It’s not even remotely close.
- SXX 4y agoI guess we just have different perspective since I'm not from US. I mostly compare Vietnam to Russia (where I was born), UK (lived there for a while) and Turkey since I live there at moment. Suppose I need to come to visit US and Hawaii to judge it, but honestly I loved living in Vietnam between October and May. And I'll choose it any time over London. Simple fact that in Vietnam I can wear very much the same closes most of the year and don't need heating in winter is great.
- simple-thoughts 4y agoComparing any place to Hawaii is not really fair. The Hawaiian island chain is almost unique in how far north it is while still being a tropical island chain of decent size.
- sarchertech 4y agoThe OP said close to an island tropical heaven, which is why I picked Hawaii. Compare any objective weather metric between Da Nang and San Diego then. Unless you just like the rain, it’s not even close.
- germandiago 4y agoYou are still in VN. Where are you from? I am from Spain. Been here most of the time since 2012.
- SXX 4y agoNope I dont live there full time and honestly haven't been there since covid madness started as 3 month tourist visas got much harder. And yeah from my own experience it become much more humid in May and there is some actual rain during the rain season, but nothing you can't bear if you live next to the sea. Some of my relatives lived in Mui Ne whole year since they stuck there during covid and it was pretty much okay.