Battambang climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Battambang?

Battambang has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 1,084 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Battambang?

The hottest day measured in Battambang between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 2024, reaching 43.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Battambang?

The coldest day measured in Battambang between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at 11.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Battambang?

Almost never: Battambang sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Battambang warmed?

Yes: Battambang warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Battambang?

The wettest day measured in Battambang between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1988, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Battambang?

The windiest day measured in Battambang between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1990, with winds reaching 30.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Battambang?

The warmest month in Battambang is April (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Battambang?

Battambang receives on average 1,084 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Battambang?

Battambang gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Battambang (Cambodia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 1,084 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (29.9 °C on average) and the coldest is December (25.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Battambang averages 0 frost days, 319 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 176 rainy days per year.

Battambang has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 27 April 2024) and the coldest 11.6 °C (on 12 January 1955).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BattambangBattambang

coords: 13.10°, 103.20°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.9°C

Average daily high

33.1°C

Average daily low

24.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,084mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

12.3km/h

Seasonal range

4.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

319 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

176 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.8 °C

Average feels-like low

28.2 °C

Average peak gust

30.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

338 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

43.0 °C

27 April 2024

Coldest day

11.6 °C

12 January 1955

Wettest day

121 mm

16 October 1988

Windiest day

30.7 km/h

4 October 1990

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

30 July 2011

Hottest feels-like

49.0 °C

24 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

9.0 °C

12 January 1955

Sunniest day

12.5 h

1 July 1965

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.2 °C5 March 2025	15.8 °C14 January 2025	28.3 °C	1,264 mm	335
2024	43.0 °C27 April 2024	17.3 °C23 December 2024	29.6 °C	1,040 mm	357
2023	40.8 °C15 April 2023	17.5 °C30 January 2023	29.0 °C	1,254 mm	339
2022	40.4 °C27 April 2022	16.6 °C19 December 2022	28.2 °C	1,501 mm	323
2021	40.3 °C29 March 2021	14.8 °C13 January 2021	28.5 °C	1,112 mm	327
2020	41.3 °C31 March 2020	17.4 °C22 December 2020	29.1 °C	1,058 mm	337
2019	41.8 °C3 May 2019	16.4 °C9 December 2019	29.5 °C	890 mm	351
2018	38.8 °C16 February 2018	17.3 °C7 February 2018	29.0 °C	1,156 mm	354
2017	39.5 °C18 April 2017	16.2 °C19 December 2017	28.8 °C	1,013 mm	349
2016	42.7 °C15 April 2016	15.5 °C26 January 2016	29.4 °C	1,133 mm	346
2015	41.1 °C7 May 2015	16.9 °C16 January 2015	29.5 °C	871 mm	352
2014	40.4 °C21 April 2014	13.6 °C24 January 2014	28.9 °C	909 mm	338
2013	41.7 °C6 April 2013	15.1 °C28 December 2013	28.6 °C	1,303 mm	319
2012	41.7 °C26 April 2012	20.3 °C9 January 2012	29.2 °C	1,000 mm	356
2011	40.3 °C16 April 2011	17.2 °C20 January 2011	28.2 °C	1,093 mm	343
2010	41.4 °C6 April 2010	18.8 °C18 December 2010	29.2 °C	1,077 mm	349
2009	39.4 °C13 March 2009	14.8 °C12 January 2009	28.5 °C	1,039 mm	338
2008	39.7 °C21 April 2008	17.9 °C11 December 2008	28.5 °C	1,012 mm	332
2007	39.9 °C18 April 2007	16.8 °C28 November 2007	28.5 °C	1,156 mm	328
2006	38.5 °C2 May 2006	16.6 °C23 December 2006	28.7 °C	971 mm	345
2005	40.7 °C6 May 2005	16.3 °C4 January 2005	28.8 °C	1,032 mm	330
2004	41.1 °C18 April 2004	17.0 °C20 December 2004	28.7 °C	866 mm	358
2003	40.2 °C21 April 2003	17.3 °C21 December 2003	28.6 °C	1,104 mm	348
2002	39.1 °C7 April 2002	18.2 °C2 January 2002	29.0 °C	1,044 mm	349
2001	40.4 °C11 April 2001	17.1 °C24 December 2001	28.6 °C	1,011 mm	337
2000	38.0 °C5 April 2000	16.4 °C4 February 2000	28.0 °C	1,384 mm	332
1999	39.2 °C19 March 1999	12.1 °C25 December 1999	27.6 °C	1,491 mm	298
1998	41.6 °C19 March 1998	17.7 °C14 December 1998	29.3 °C	958 mm	335
1997	39.9 °C18 June 1997	15.8 °C14 January 1997	28.5 °C	896 mm	347
1996	40.2 °C20 March 1996	14.9 °C28 December 1996	28.0 °C	1,275 mm	319
1995	39.7 °C22 May 1995	15.5 °C31 December 1995	28.3 °C	1,060 mm	330
1994	39.9 °C1 May 1994	16.2 °C26 January 1994	28.2 °C	856 mm	344
1993	40.5 °C1 May 1993	14.7 °C29 January 1993	27.8 °C	992 mm	317
1992	40.5 °C3 May 1992	15.6 °C18 January 1992	28.1 °C	911 mm	319
1991	41.3 °C19 April 1991	18.2 °C22 December 1991	28.3 °C	1,010 mm	335
1990	39.7 °C23 April 1990	16.0 °C6 December 1990	28.4 °C	1,075 mm	336
1989	41.6 °C23 April 1989	17.2 °C5 December 1989	28.2 °C	1,008 mm	343
1988	39.4 °C18 March 1988	17.1 °C14 December 1988	28.0 °C	1,291 mm	309
1987	41.1 °C13 April 1987	15.8 °C8 December 1987	28.3 °C	1,032 mm	320
1986	40.1 °C31 March 1986	15.2 °C3 March 1986	27.8 °C	1,052 mm	297
1985	39.8 °C14 April 1985	15.3 °C17 December 1985	27.9 °C	1,127 mm	336
1984	39.8 °C8 April 1984	15.3 °C10 January 1984	28.1 °C	948 mm	345
1983	41.3 °C14 April 1983	14.9 °C24 January 1983	28.3 °C	1,127 mm	307
1982	39.1 °C17 March 1982	13.0 °C29 December 1982	27.9 °C	844 mm	341
1981	40.4 °C9 April 1981	14.9 °C14 January 1981	28.1 °C	1,035 mm	315
1980	40.0 °C25 April 1980	16.5 °C25 December 1980	28.2 °C	1,199 mm	342
1979	40.1 °C4 April 1979	16.7 °C27 December 1979	28.6 °C	940 mm	352
1978	39.2 °C3 April 1978	16.5 °C23 January 1978	28.0 °C	1,233 mm	329
1977	39.9 °C18 April 1977	16.9 °C17 January 1977	27.9 °C	923 mm	329
1976	39.5 °C19 April 1976	12.4 °C17 January 1976	27.3 °C	1,145 mm	312
1975	38.7 °C17 April 1975	12.4 °C30 December 1975	27.2 °C	1,176 mm	302
1974	37.0 °C9 May 1974	14.4 °C5 January 1974	27.2 °C	1,185 mm	298
1973	39.3 °C17 April 1973	13.8 °C27 December 1973	27.6 °C	1,157 mm	298
1972	39.1 °C24 May 1972	14.8 °C23 January 1972	27.6 °C	1,383 mm	311
1971	37.8 °C23 April 1971	14.7 °C5 January 1971	26.8 °C	1,163 mm	279
1970	38.7 °C14 March 1970	16.7 °C3 February 1970	27.8 °C	932 mm	321
1969	39.4 °C14 May 1969	16.2 °C11 December 1969	27.8 °C	960 mm	307
1968	39.1 °C3 April 1968	16.0 °C5 January 1968	27.8 °C	805 mm	348
1967	38.7 °C11 April 1967	12.4 °C17 January 1967	27.1 °C	881 mm	292
1966	38.5 °C29 April 1966	17.1 °C2 January 1966	27.3 °C	1,431 mm	281
1965	39.2 °C23 April 1965	14.0 °C23 January 1965	27.5 °C	1,032 mm	329
1964	39.1 °C7 April 1964	16.0 °C19 December 1964	27.6 °C	1,021 mm	315
1963	40.7 °C22 April 1963	11.9 °C16 January 1963	27.2 °C	1,135 mm	306
1962	39.8 °C21 March 1962	13.7 °C28 January 1962	27.3 °C	1,080 mm	303
1961	39.4 °C25 April 1961	14.8 °C18 January 1961	27.7 °C	880 mm	320
1960	39.8 °C28 April 1960	14.3 °C3 January 1960	27.9 °C	1,076 mm	314
1959	38.8 °C27 April 1959	16.4 °C25 January 1959	27.7 °C	959 mm	317
1958	40.0 °C24 April 1958	15.8 °C27 November 1958	27.7 °C	915 mm	299
1957	39.0 °C24 May 1957	15.2 °C2 January 1957	27.5 °C	1,217 mm	310
1956	39.5 °C24 March 1956	11.8 °C19 January 1956	27.0 °C	1,175 mm	291
1955	40.1 °C18 April 1955	11.6 °C12 January 1955	27.2 °C	1,181 mm	289
1954	39.1 °C9 May 1954	14.3 °C17 December 1954	27.3 °C	822 mm	326
1953	35.8 °C28 March 1953	15.5 °C9 January 1953	26.5 °C	1,576 mm	276
1952	37.7 °C17 February 1952	14.4 °C23 January 1952	27.2 °C	1,106 mm	301
1951	38.3 °C11 April 1951	15.1 °C2 January 1951	27.3 °C	954 mm	305
1950	39.6 °C24 April 1950	15.9 °C15 December 1950	27.2 °C	1,029 mm	291
1949	38.0 °C12 April 1949	13.6 °C16 January 1949	27.2 °C	982 mm	300
1948	37.5 °C22 July 1948	15.4 °C2 January 1948	27.2 °C	897 mm	295
1947	37.7 °C26 April 1947	16.5 °C29 December 1947	27.5 °C	987 mm	318
1946	37.5 °C19 March 1946	15.3 °C8 January 1946	27.0 °C	1,016 mm	309
1945	35.5 °C3 March 1945	15.2 °C30 December 1945	26.2 °C	1,363 mm	239
1944	37.7 °C3 May 1944	14.5 °C21 December 1944	27.0 °C	1,262 mm	280
1943	37.5 °C24 March 1943	14.7 °C13 January 1943	26.1 °C	1,346 mm	249
1942	36.7 °C20 April 1942	15.6 °C23 November 1942	26.7 °C	968 mm	279
1941	37.0 °C12 March 1941	15.5 °C25 December 1941	26.8 °C	1,290 mm	253
1940	37.0 °C11 March 1940	13.3 °C4 January 1940	26.4 °C	1,157 mm	251

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.3 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

335 d/yr

+16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1264 mm

+180 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.3 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
Feb	34.7 °C	+1.0 °C	9 mm	-12 mm
Mar	35.6 °C	+0.2 °C	44 mm	-5 mm
Apr	36.4 °C	+0.5 °C	85 mm	+3 mm
May	34.3 °C	-0.5 °C	184 mm	+67 mm
Jun	33.6 °C	-0.4 °C	138 mm	+41 mm
Jul	33.1 °C	-0.4 °C	136 mm	+30 mm
Aug	34.2 °C	+0.9 °C	110 mm	-11 mm
Sep	32.0 °C	-0.2 °C	254 mm	+55 mm
Oct	32.1 °C	+0.8 °C	178 mm	-20 mm
Nov	30.3 °C	-0.5 °C	121 mm	+50 mm
Dec	31.9 °C	+1.4 °C	6 mm	-7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.2 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.8 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

34.3 mm

28 Oct 2025

Windiest day

25.0 km/h

22 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

23 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.6 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

2 Aug 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Battambang?

Battambang has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 1,084 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Battambang?

The hottest day measured in Battambang between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 2024, reaching 43.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Battambang?

The coldest day measured in Battambang between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at 11.6 °C.

Does it snow in Battambang?

Almost never: Battambang sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Battambang warmed?

Yes: Battambang warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Battambang?

The wettest day measured in Battambang between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1988, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Battambang?

The windiest day measured in Battambang between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1990, with winds reaching 30.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Battambang?

The warmest month in Battambang is April (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Battambang?

Battambang receives on average 1,084 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Battambang?

Battambang gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Battambang?

Yes: Battambang has on average 338 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Battambang?

In Battambang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.0 °C on 24 April 2024, and the lowest was 9.0 °C on 12 January 1955.

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