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Siem Reap in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Siem Reap is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Siem Reap is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 85% of days
Daylight
12h 33mon average

Is August a good time to visit Siem Reap?

August sits outside Siem Reap'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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in August, against 89°F to 96°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in August, against 32°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

85% of days in August, against 6% to 90% through the year.

Cloud cover

80% cover in August, against 54% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

12h 33m in August, against 11h 21m to 12h 54m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July91°33°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. August91°33°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. September89°32°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Siem Reap sits, in August

Asia/Phnom Penh
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:52 AMsets 6:27 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
13.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Phnom Penh230 km south-east

The land around Siem Reap, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Siem Reap

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Siem Reap. 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.