Climate averages 1991–2020
Paoy Paet weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Paoy Paet: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Battambang (92 km away). In May its highs average 34.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Paoy Paet, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Cambodia, Paoy Paet ranks joint 5th of 8 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 32.9°C; Paoy Paet is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 141 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Paoy Paet climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| February | 33.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 49 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 80 | 14.4 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 33.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 145 | 22.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 31.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 141 | 22.4 | 12.913 h |
| July | 30.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 161 | 24.5 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 181 | 25.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 237 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 157 | 18.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 29 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 11.311 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
May in nearby cities
- Battambang in MayCambodia · 92 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Kabin Buri in MayThailand · 97 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 174 mm rain
- Si Maha Phot in MayThailand · 118 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 209 mm rain
- Chanthaburi in MayThailand · 127 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 320 mm rain
- Siem Reap in MayCambodia · 144 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 148 mm rain
- Nakhon Ratchasima in MayThailand · 154 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 140 mm rain
- Chon Buri in MayThailand · 174 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Rayong in MayThailand · 178 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 220 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 Paoy Paet) is explained once on the Paoy Paet year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.