Climate · Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh in February

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Phnom Penh is hot: highs near 94°F, lows near 74°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Phnom Penh is hot: highs near 34°C, lows near 23°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
94°F34°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 7% of days
Daylight
11h 45mon average

Is February a good time to visit Phnom Penh?


A good month, just outside Phnom Penh'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 February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 94°F in February, against 90°F to 98°F through the year.Highs near 34°C in February, against 32°C to 37°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

7% of days in February, against 7% to 90% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in February, against 57% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

11h 45m in February, against 11h 27m to 12h 47m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. January92°33°low 72°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. February94°34°low 74°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. March97°36°low 77°low 25°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Phnom Penh sits, in February

Asia/Phnom Penh

this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:22 AMsets 6:07 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
11.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cardamom Mountains115 km west

The land around Phnom Penh, shaded by its typical high in February, 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 February

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Phnom Penh. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.