Climate · Siem Reap

Siem Reap in January

Hot and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Siem Reap is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 70°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 26 minutes.January in Siem Reap is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 21°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 26 minutes.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
11h 26mon average

Is January a good time to visit Siem Reap?


Yes. January is one of Siem Reap's most comfortable months (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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

56% cover in January, against 54% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

11h 26m in January, against 11h 21m to 12h 54m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. December89°32°low 70°low 21°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January91°33°low 70°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. February93°34°low 73°low 23°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Siem Reap sits, in January

Asia/Phnom Penh

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:31 AMsets 5:56 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days

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.