Dong Hoi
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📷 Genghiskhan· Public domainĐồng Hới - Quê hương của biển và núi | Dong Hoi - The hometown of sea and mountains
About
Đồng Hới is the former capital city of Quảng Bình Province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam. The city's area is 155.71 km2 (60.12 sq mi). Population as per the 2019 census was 133,672. It is served by National Highway 1A, the Đồng Hới Railway Station, and airport. By road, Đồng Hới is 486 kilometres (302 mi) south of Hanoi, 195 kilometres (121 mi) south of Vinh, 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of Huế and 1,204 kilometres (748 mi) north of Ho Chi Minh City. It borders Quảng Ninh District on the west and south, the South China Sea on the east, Bố Trạch District on the north.
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Why visit
Visit Dong Hoi for landscape, water, gardens, and nearby routes. For Dong Hoi, the useful material is practical and visible: museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, and nearby landscapes. A good itinerary should stay selective. In Dong Hoi, start with one strong anchor, then add a nearby walk, cafe, market, church, museum, bookshop, or evening event where the city supports it. That gives Dong Hoi room to show itself without turning the day into unrelated stops. If Dong Hoi has useful day trips or nearby landscape, use them to widen the context rather than to overload the schedule.
When to avoid
Do not treat Dong Hoi as a place where the important stops automatically line up in one walk. In Dong Hoi, do the practical checks before the day is fixed: opening days, tickets, transport frequency, and distances between areas. In Dong Hoi, even a compact-looking map can produce a slow visit. The practical geography matters as much as the list of places.
Summer (June - August)
In Dong Hoi, the warm season usually means June through August. Use Dong Hoi with an eye to glare, heat, and the change between dry and rainy months. Use interiors in Dong Hoi as part of the route, not just as a fallback from the weather. Plan Dong Hoi so the hardest walking does not fall in the least comfortable part of the day.
Winter Season (Dec-Feb)
The cooler, drier, or less humid months can be the more comfortable period in Dong Hoi. In Dong Hoi, the drier cooler months are usually better for walking. For Dong Hoi, ask whether weather or reduced services will limit walking, ferries, beaches, and day trips. In Dong Hoi, this season can work well for museums, churches, galleries, theaters, bookshops, cafes, and ordinary neighborhood life. Use taxis or rideshares in Dong Hoi when the practical gain is clear, especially after dark or in weather that makes waiting for transit unpleasant.
The next week in Dong Hoi
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Thunderstorm
35° / 29°
UV Very high
Sun
Thunderstorm
36° / 28°
4.9 mm
UV High
Mon
Showers
35° / 28°
3.5 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Thunderstorm
34° / 26°
10.2 mm
UV High
Wed
Thunderstorm
32° / 26°
9.0 mm
UV Very high
Thu
Thunderstorm
32° / 25°
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
35° / 23°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.9h
05:21 – 18:17local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Dong Hoi
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Dong Hoi Airport (VDH) at 6 km.
Getting around Dong Hoi
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.