Climate averages 1991–2020
Phnom Penh weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Phnom Penh: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dangkao (7 km away). In February its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Phnom Penh, with 8.1 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Cambodia, Phnom Penh ranks joint 3rd of 8 for the warmest February highs and joint 1st of 8 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 32.8°C; Phnom Penh is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.1 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Phnom Penh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.512 h |
| February, selected | 33.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 8.1 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 81 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 154 | 22.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 32.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 154 | 24.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 154 | 25.5 | 12.713 h |
| August | 31.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 178 | 25.9 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 245 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 244 | 24.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 78 | 11.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.511 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
February in nearby cities
- Dangkao in FebruaryCambodia · 7 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Takeo in FebruaryCambodia · 65 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Kampong Chhnang in FebruaryCambodia · 81 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Tân Châu in FebruaryVietnam · 92 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Hồng Ngự in FebruaryVietnam · 97 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Châu Đốc in FebruaryVietnam · 98 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Tịnh Biên in FebruaryVietnam · 107 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Hòa Thành in FebruaryVietnam · 136 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 8.6 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 Phnom Penh) is explained once on the Phnom Penh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Dangkao lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.