Đảo Ngọc Phú Quốc | Phu Quoc, The Pearl Island
Phu Quoc works for an easy Vietnam island break with markets, cable car, beaches, resorts, and enough history at the prison site to keep it from being only a beach page.
Do not visit Phu Quoc expecting every worthwhile stop to be close together or easy to improvise. In Phu Quoc, opening hours, transport, weather, crowds, and distance can shape the day more than the list of sights. For Phu Quoc, check the practical conditions first, then decide whether walking, transit, or a taxi makes sense for each move. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Phu Quoc as a base rather than the whole destination.
Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.
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).
About 83% of the year's rain falls in these months. Typical highs around 29°C, lows around 27°C.
About 72mm of rain a month, against 354mm in the wet season.
Public holidays from Nager.Date.
Phú Quốc is the largest island in Vietnam. Previously organized as Phú Quốc City, it was Vietnam's first island municipality. The island has a total area of 575 km2 (222 sq mi) and a permanent population of approximately 179,480 people in 2020. On June 16, 2025, Phú Quốc became one of the 13 newly established and re-organized special administrative zones of Vietnam, the only city to do so. Later on July 1, "Secretary of the City Committee" Lê Quốc Anh was appointed to become the first "Secretary of the Party Committee of the special zone".
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Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.
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