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When is the best time to visit Cambodia?

The best time to visit Cambodia is between November and March, the most comfortable stretch of the year on these averages.

Cambodia is a warm-year climate with a drier stretch and a wetter one, not four seasons in the European sense. The hot months are the outdoor months until the rain takes over. The pin on this page is a country centroid. Siem Reap will not feel like the same week, and a city page is the honest place to read the year if you already know where you are going.

Most visitors come in the drier stretch and treat the wet months as a different trip: slower days, heavier skies, still warm. The monthly table on this page still owns the averages. This layer is how Cambodia actually feels.

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Dry season

The drier stretch in Cambodia is when outdoor days are the default. January, February, March and April sit on that side of the year. Heat is still the point. Rain is not gone, it is no longer in charge.

A country pin hides local storms. Read a city page if you already know the neighbourhood. Pack for sun and for one wet afternoon you did not plan, not for a temperate spring jacket.

Read Cambodia in this stretch as its own climate, not as a generic holiday season copied from another destination.

Wet season

The wetter stretch in Cambodia is still warm. May, June, July and August sit on that side of the year. Days can be heavy. Showers arrive, dump, and often leave the air stickier than before.

This is a slower trip, not a cancelled one. Build indoor hours into the afternoon. Do not treat Cambodia as closed. Treat it as a place where the sky does more of the talking than it does in the dry months.

Read Cambodia in this stretch as its own climate, not as a generic holiday season copied from another destination.

Cambodia weather by month

TemperatureRainfall

Source: MeteostatPeriod: 1991-2020Checked: 2 Sept 2026358 places covered

Average temperature and rainfall, month by month

Every figure below is a 1991–2020 climate normal for Cambodia, in °C and °F. Open a month for what to expect and what to pack.

Cambodia weather by month: average temperature, rainfall for each month, from 1991–2020 climate normals
MonthAverageRainfall
January27°C / 80°F24 mm
February28°C / 83°F14 mm
March30°C / 85°F43 mm
April31°C / 87°F85 mm
May30°C / 87°F130 mm
June30°C / 85°F161 mm
July29°C / 84°F168 mm
August29°C / 84°F185 mm
September28°C / 83°F254 mm
October28°C / 82°F260 mm
November28°C / 82°F113 mm
December27°C / 80°F38 mm

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FAQs about Cambodia weather

Climate averages for Cambodia, 1991–2020.

The best time to visit Cambodia is between November and March, the most comfortable stretch of the year on these averages.

April is the hottest month, with an average around 31°C.

October is the wettest month, with about 260 mm of rain.

Cambodia has a distinct rainy season from June to October, peaking in October at about 260 mm. The dry season runs from November to May.

December is the coolest month, averaging 27°C (80°F) against 31°C (87°F) in April.

This page does not show today's weather. It is a 1991–2020 climate normal from Meteostat — a long-run average of what each month is usually like, which is what you want when booking ahead. For today or the coming week, check a live forecast.

No. These are 1991–2020 climate normals from Meteostat, not a live forecast. Actual weather in any given week can differ.