Sapa is a mountainous town in northern Vietnam located 38km from Lao Cai town. There are two routes to access Sapa - taking a train or driving from Hanoi to Lao Cai then continuing by car or motorbike to Sapa, or traveling from Binh Lu to Sapa by train, car, motorcycle, or horse. Sapa has a temperate climate with average yearly temperatures between 15-18 degrees Celsius and four distinct seasons throughout the day. Rainfall is common between May and August.

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SaPa Tour-destination
SaPa mountainous town is far from Lao Cai town about 38km and 376km from
Hanoi. There are two paths In order to come here: From Hanoi, you can take train
or go by car to Lao Cai town, and from Lao Cai to Sapa , you can go by car or
motorbike. And second path is from Binh Lu (Lai Chau) and go to Sapa by train,
cars, motorcycles, horses ...
With the temperate and subtropical climate, it is cool in round year here and
average temperature of year is 15-18 degrees. Temperature of Summer about 13 -
15 degrees (at night) and 20 - 25 degrees (on day); there are often clouds covering
in the winter and it is very cold, temperature may be below O degree; sometimes, it
is snowy. Tourists who enjoy seeing the snow, can visit SaPa in this season. The
weather in Sapa has four seasons in a day: the morning and the afternoon are the
weather of the spring and autumn, the noon is the weather of the summer, which is
usually mild sunny, no cloudy but it is still cool, the night is the chill of the
winter. From May to August, it is usually rainy in Sa Pa, annual rainfall from 1800
- 2.200m.

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