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Phnom Penh in September

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Phnom Penh is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Phnom Penh is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 90% of days
Daylight
12h 10mon average

Is September a good time to visit Phnom Penh?

September sits outside Phnom Penh's most comfortable months, which run from December to January. Expect hot days and rain on about six days a week.

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 September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in September, against 90°F to 98°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in September, against 32°C to 37°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

80% cover in September, against 57% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

12h 10m in September, against 11h 27m to 12h 47m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. August92°33°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. September91°33°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. October90°32°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Phnom Penh sits, in September

Asia/Phnom Penh
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
5:50 AMsets 6:02 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 September, 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 September

high · low · wet days
See September 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.