Thailand & Vietnam
9h 20m from Sydney to Bangkok. Same voltage as home. Sockets take flat or round pins depending on the building, so a universal adapter earns its place here.
- Flight from Sydney
- 9h 20m
- Plug
- Type A / B / C
- Voltage
- 230V
- Tap water
- Do not drink
- Currency
- Thai baht (THB) · Vietnamese dong (VND)
- Time vs Sydney
- -4 hours
- Region
- SEA
- Your kit
- Thailand & Vietnam
Thailand & Vietnam, month by month
Temperatures in Celsius, because you live in Australia. Remember that a northern hemisphere summer is our winter — the reason most packing advice online is upside down for you.
| Month | Season | High / low | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | Dry · peak season | 32° / 22° | The best weather of the year and priced accordingly. |
| February | Dry · peak season | 33° / 24° | Dry, warm and busy. |
| March | Hot season | 35° / 26° | Heating up sharply. Burning season haze in northern Thailand. |
| April | Hot season | 36° / 27° | The hottest month, regularly above 35°C. Songkran mid-month. |
| May | Monsoon begins | 34° / 26° | First rains, still very hot. |
| June | Monsoon | 33° / 26° | Daily heavy rain, usually in bursts rather than all day. |
| July | Monsoon | 33° / 26° | Wet and humid. Prices at their lowest. |
| August | Monsoon | 32° / 26° | Wet. Northern Vietnam sees the heaviest rain of the year. |
| September | Monsoon peak | 32° / 25° | Wettest month, and typhoon risk on the Vietnamese coast. |
| October | Monsoon tail | 32° / 25° | Rain easing through the month. Good value. |
| November | Dry season begins | 32° / 24° | Drying out and cooling. Very good month. |
| December | Dry · peak season | 31° / 22° | Dry, mild and the busiest weeks of the year. |
What Australians get wrong about Thailand & Vietnam
- Temples require covered shoulders and knees in both countries, and enforcement is real.
- A rain layer beats an umbrella in monsoon season — the rain is heavy but brief.
- Northern Vietnam gets genuinely cold in December and January. Hanoi and Sapa are not tropical in winter.
- Motorbike hire without the correct licence voids most Australian travel insurance policies.