Climate · Cardamom Mountains

Cardamom Mountains in January

Hot and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Cardamom Mountains is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 33 minutes.January in Cardamom Mountains is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 33 minutes.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 21% of days
Daylight
11h 33mon average

Is January a good time to visit Cardamom Mountains?


Yes. January is one of Cardamom Mountains's most comfortable months (December to January).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in January, against 87°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in January, against 31°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

21% of days in January, against 21% to 99% through the year.

Cloud cover

61% cover in January, against 57% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

11h 33m in January, against 11h 29m to 12h 46m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. December89°32°low 71°low 22°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January91°33°low 70°low 21°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February93°34°low 71°low 22°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Cardamom Mountains sits, in January

Asia/Phnom Penh

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:27 AMsets 5:59 PM
Above the sea
70 mlow-lying
Latitude
11.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Krabey Island86 km south-west

The land around Cardamom Mountains, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Cambodia in January

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Cardamom Mountains. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (70 m) against the climate model's (239 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (70 m) against the climate model's (239 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.