Climate · Cardamom Mountains

Cardamom Mountains in May

Hot and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Cardamom Mountains is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on almost every day, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Cardamom Mountains is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on almost every day, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 95% of days
Daylight
12h 38mon average

Is May a good time to visit Cardamom Mountains?


A good month, just outside Cardamom Mountains's most comfortable months, which run from 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in May, against 87°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in May, against 31°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

95% of days in May, against 21% to 99% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

12h 38m in May, against 11h 29m to 12h 46m through the year.

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

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  1. April92°33°low 75°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. May90°32°low 75°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. June88°31°low 75°low 24°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Cardamom Mountains sits, in May

Asia/Phnom Penh

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:41 AMsets 6:19 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 May, 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 May

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.