Christmas in Vietnamese culture
What to expect for Christmas in Hanoi
1. Peak season
2. Christmas decorations
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What to do for Christmas in Hanoi
1. Shopping at the Christmas streets of Hanoi
2. Book a Christmas meal
3. Visiting a church in Hanoi
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Weather during Christmas Holiday in Hanoi
What some travellers might unexpecticly suprises is that Hanoi actually gets cold around Christmas. December and January are the coldest months of the year add tempretures of both Celcius and Fahrenheit. Explain chill or cold during the day, evening and mornings even colder with tempratures. The cold does add a bit of a christmas atmosphere. Also part of dry season, so normaly no to very little rain this time of year.
Is Hanoi worth visiting during Christmas?
Absolutly, Hanoi is one of the best places to celebrate christmas in Vietnam. Many decorations both at hotels and restaurants as well as outside around old quarter. You have Christmas shopping streets and beautiful lid churches. And even the colder tempreature give you a bit of a classic christmas feeling.
Other destinations to celebrate Christmas in Vietnam
Short text, first explaining Hanoi is one of the best places. Most big cities and tourist destinations in Vietnam you can find christmas decorations. If you want a colder experience with cozy fireplace in the mountains, head to Sapa bit further north, you want to have a tropical beach christmas time, Phu Quoc in the south, a 2 hour domestic flight from Hanoi, around this time is best weather for its beaches, Halong Bay, nearby Hanoi for a more intimate experience enjoying a christmas meal with most stunning views.
Celebrating New Year in Hanoi
Are you staying in Hanoi also during New Year, same with Christmas, even New Year’s Eve is not a typical Vietnamese celebration, as they have their own Vietnamese New Year in late January or early February. However, they do embrace the festivities and even have fireworks too. Rear our guide about “celebrating New Years Eve in Hanoi”, to learn about all the events, fireworks and things to do. https://dev.localvietnam.com/hanoi/new-years-eve-hanoi/
