Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City is projected to face significant climate hazards, including prolonged drought conditions that may affect water resources and agriculture. The high risk of arbovirus transmission raises concerns regarding vector-borne diseases such as dengue fever, potentially straining public health systems. Additionally, there is an elevated malaria risk expected in the region, further complicating health challenges and increasing morbidity rates. These combined climate-related threats highlight the need for focused adaptation strategies to effectively mitigate their impacts. Importantly, technology-enabled climate resilience solutions have not yet been documented for this city, indicating a gap in preparedness efforts that could affect its ability to respond to these vulnerabilities in the future.
Hazard Outlook
How will Ho Chi Minh City's projected climate hazards compare to other cities under a 3.0°C future warming scenario?
Elevation
At 0 m elevation, Ho Chi Minh City faces very high risk from coastal flooding and sea level rise.
Maximum Temperature
Ho Chi Minh City's projected maximum temperature of 9.7°C is higher than most cities globally under a 3.0°C warming scenario.
Longest Heatwave
Ho Chi Minh City may experience heatwaves lasting up to 5 days, higher than most other cities.
Heavy Rainfall Days
With 10 days of heavy rainfall expected, Ho Chi Minh City ranks near the median of cities for extreme precipitation events.
Maximum Rainfall
Ho Chi Minh City's projected maximum rainfall of 9 mm is near the median of cities globally.
Exposure Summary
Adaptation Priorities
Ho Chi Minh City faces high exposure to elevation and elevated exposure to max temp, heatwave. These areas may warrant priority attention in adaptation planning.
Data source: Climate projections from the IPCC AR6 scenario analysis. See our methodology for details on how we process and interpret this data.
Deployed Solutions
Deployed climate adaptation technologies identified in Ho Chi Minh City.
No solutions have been documented for Ho Chi Minh City.
This is an archived snapshot of the database.
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