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Siem Reap in March

Very hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Siem Reap is very hot: highs near 96°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Siem Reap is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
96°F36°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
12h 02mon average

Is March a good time to visit Siem Reap?

March sits outside Siem Reap's most comfortable months, which run from December to January. Expect very hot days and rain on about two 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in March, against 6% to 90% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in March, against 54% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

12h 02m in March, against 11h 21m to 12h 54m 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. February93°34°low 73°low 23°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. March96°36°low 77°low 25°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April96°36°low 79°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Siem Reap sits, in March

Asia/Phnom Penh
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:13 AMsets 6:15 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 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 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.