Climate averages 1991–2020
Kampong Chhnang weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kampong Chhnang: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Phnom Penh (81 km away). In January its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Kampong Chhnang, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Cambodia, Kampong Chhnang ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 31.3°C; Kampong Chhnang is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 8.5 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kampong Chhnang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 10 | 1.9 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 8.5 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 43 | 6.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 86 | 14.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 151 | 22.5 | 12.713 h |
| June | 32.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 158 | 23.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 166 | 25.6 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 186 | 26.7 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 234 | 26.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 209 | 22.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 71 | 9.8 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 22 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Phnom Penh in JanuaryCambodia · 81 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Dangkao in JanuaryCambodia · 86 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Takeo in JanuaryCambodia · 141 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Siem Reap in JanuaryCambodia · 151 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Tân Châu in JanuaryVietnam · 173 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Hồng Ngự in JanuaryVietnam · 178 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Châu Đốc in JanuaryVietnam · 179 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Battambang in JanuaryCambodia · 185 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 12 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kampong Chhnang) is explained once on the Kampong Chhnang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.