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Phnom Penh in March

Very hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Phnom Penh is very hot: highs near 97°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Phnom Penh is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
97°F36°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 18% of days
Daylight
12h 03mon average

Is March 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 97°F in March, against 90°F to 98°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in March, against 32°C to 37°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

18% of days in March, against 7% to 90% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in March, against 57% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

12h 03m in March, against 11h 27m to 12h 47m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February94°34°low 74°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. March97°36°low 77°low 25°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April98°37°low 79°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Phnom Penh sits, in March

Asia/Phnom Penh
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:09 AMsets 6:11 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Phnom Penh

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.