Kampong Cham climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kampong Cham?

Kampong Cham has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 1,451 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kampong Cham?

The hottest day measured in Kampong Cham between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 2010, reaching 41.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kampong Cham?

The coldest day measured in Kampong Cham between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at 14.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kampong Cham?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kampong Cham warmed?

Yes: Kampong Cham warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kampong Cham?

The wettest day measured in Kampong Cham between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 1987, with 218 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kampong Cham?

The windiest day measured in Kampong Cham between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1977, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kampong Cham?

The warmest month in Kampong Cham is April (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (26.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kampong Cham?

Kampong Cham receives on average 1,451 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 191 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kampong Cham?

Kampong Cham gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kampong Cham (Cambodia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 1,451 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 (26.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Kampong Cham averages 0 frost days, 318 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 191 rainy days per year.

Kampong Cham has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 18 May 2010) and the coldest 14.8 °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

Kampong ChamKampong Cham

coords: 11.99°, 105.46°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.8°C

Average daily high

32.4°C

Average daily low

24.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,451mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

13.0km/h

Seasonal range

3.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

318 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

191 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.4 °C

Average feels-like low

28.3 °C

Average peak gust

30.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

355 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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

41.5 °C

18 May 2010

Coldest day

14.8 °C

12 January 1955

Wettest day

218 mm

13 September 1987

Windiest day

31.3 km/h

4 March 1977

Strongest gust

70.9 km/h

4 November 2017

Hottest feels-like

48.3 °C

18 May 2010

Coldest feels-like

11.0 °C

12 January 1955

Sunniest day

12.1 h

5 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.7 °C9 May 2025	18.3 °C13 January 2025	28.3 °C	1,495 mm	334
2024	39.9 °C27 April 2024	21.3 °C23 December 2024	29.2 °C	1,491 mm	345
2023	39.4 °C19 May 2023	19.8 °C30 January 2023	28.7 °C	1,713 mm	347
2022	38.0 °C27 April 2022	20.7 °C25 December 2022	28.5 °C	1,793 mm	348
2021	39.1 °C2 July 2021	18.4 °C13 January 2021	28.3 °C	1,415 mm	336
2020	39.5 °C9 May 2020	19.6 °C3 February 2020	28.6 °C	1,338 mm	334
2019	41.0 °C5 May 2019	19.4 °C7 December 2019	29.0 °C	1,233 mm	335
2018	38.8 °C26 April 2018	19.7 °C7 February 2018	28.7 °C	1,434 mm	355
2017	38.5 °C23 April 2017	19.4 °C19 December 2017	28.7 °C	1,596 mm	344
2016	40.7 °C28 April 2016	18.4 °C8 February 2016	29.3 °C	1,576 mm	346
2015	40.8 °C19 May 2015	19.0 °C16 January 2015	29.3 °C	1,092 mm	360
2014	39.5 °C10 June 2014	17.1 °C24 January 2014	28.7 °C	1,173 mm	342
2013	39.9 °C6 April 2013	18.5 °C28 December 2013	28.8 °C	1,585 mm	329
2012	39.8 °C30 March 2012	22.3 °C2 April 2012	29.0 °C	1,484 mm	359
2011	38.6 °C1 April 2011	19.9 °C26 December 2011	28.5 °C	1,444 mm	347
2010	41.5 °C18 May 2010	20.5 °C31 October 2010	29.1 °C	1,551 mm	345
2009	37.0 °C24 April 2009	17.6 °C20 January 2009	28.0 °C	1,622 mm	338
2008	37.2 °C30 March 2008	19.8 °C10 December 2008	28.0 °C	1,545 mm	327
2007	37.6 °C17 March 2007	18.6 °C30 November 2007	28.1 °C	1,639 mm	324
2006	37.7 °C21 April 2006	19.5 °C23 December 2006	28.6 °C	1,461 mm	348
2005	39.9 °C6 May 2005	17.8 °C23 December 2005	28.4 °C	1,213 mm	329
2004	39.3 °C29 April 2004	18.9 °C24 December 2004	28.5 °C	1,228 mm	351
2003	39.5 °C7 April 2003	19.7 °C13 January 2003	28.7 °C	1,468 mm	352
2002	39.7 °C23 April 2002	19.9 °C9 January 2002	29.1 °C	1,243 mm	341
2001	38.9 °C26 April 2001	18.7 °C31 December 2001	28.5 °C	1,443 mm	335
2000	38.1 °C28 March 2000	19.3 °C6 November 2000	28.1 °C	1,571 mm	332
1999	37.7 °C18 March 1999	15.4 °C26 December 1999	27.5 °C	1,717 mm	308
1998	38.6 °C29 March 1998	18.1 °C16 December 1998	28.9 °C	1,561 mm	328
1997	36.9 °C20 June 1997	17.8 °C4 January 1997	28.2 °C	1,407 mm	339
1996	39.1 °C22 March 1996	18.0 °C28 December 1996	27.9 °C	1,613 mm	324
1995	37.2 °C19 March 1995	17.5 °C7 January 1995	28.2 °C	1,554 mm	333
1994	37.5 °C3 May 1994	19.0 °C25 January 1994	27.9 °C	1,370 mm	328
1993	39.5 °C4 May 1993	17.4 °C29 January 1993	27.6 °C	1,542 mm	303
1992	39.3 °C30 April 1992	17.4 °C19 January 1992	28.1 °C	1,231 mm	331
1991	38.4 °C20 April 1991	20.8 °C14 November 1991	28.2 °C	1,444 mm	336
1990	38.0 °C18 April 1990	19.1 °C3 December 1990	28.2 °C	1,529 mm	329
1989	38.0 °C22 April 1989	18.8 °C4 December 1989	27.8 °C	1,384 mm	344
1988	38.0 °C15 March 1988	18.5 °C8 December 1988	28.0 °C	1,641 mm	314
1987	39.5 °C11 April 1987	18.0 °C8 December 1987	28.3 °C	1,814 mm	318
1986	38.2 °C8 April 1986	17.6 °C4 March 1986	27.8 °C	1,569 mm	306
1985	39.1 °C13 April 1985	18.5 °C17 December 1985	27.8 °C	1,603 mm	332
1984	38.1 °C28 March 1984	17.8 °C10 January 1984	27.7 °C	1,337 mm	336
1983	38.3 °C29 April 1983	17.2 °C25 January 1983	27.9 °C	1,563 mm	314
1982	37.4 °C15 March 1982	16.7 °C29 December 1982	27.5 °C	1,495 mm	332
1981	38.5 °C11 April 1981	18.1 °C24 December 1981	27.8 °C	1,692 mm	311
1980	39.2 °C28 March 1980	18.6 °C25 December 1980	28.1 °C	1,654 mm	340
1979	38.4 °C7 April 1979	19.9 °C27 December 1979	28.0 °C	1,356 mm	336
1978	39.3 °C3 April 1978	18.4 °C25 December 1978	27.7 °C	1,768 mm	316
1977	38.2 °C4 June 1977	19.2 °C16 January 1977	27.9 °C	1,386 mm	345
1976	37.7 °C20 April 1976	15.2 °C17 January 1976	27.2 °C	1,558 mm	315
1975	37.9 °C29 April 1975	15.2 °C30 December 1975	27.1 °C	1,687 mm	306
1974	36.2 °C14 March 1974	16.4 °C3 January 1974	27.3 °C	1,625 mm	309
1973	37.8 °C18 April 1973	17.0 °C29 December 1973	27.8 °C	1,715 mm	314
1972	37.3 °C24 May 1972	17.2 °C23 January 1972	27.5 °C	2,063 mm	318
1971	37.2 °C25 April 1971	17.2 °C17 November 1971	27.0 °C	1,528 mm	285
1970	37.2 °C25 March 1970	17.2 °C22 January 1970	27.7 °C	1,174 mm	318
1969	39.1 °C27 May 1969	18.8 °C22 December 1969	27.8 °C	1,257 mm	304
1968	36.4 °C30 March 1968	18.1 °C3 January 1968	27.3 °C	1,218 mm	339
1967	36.3 °C10 April 1967	16.1 °C17 January 1967	27.1 °C	1,066 mm	302
1966	37.5 °C11 April 1966	19.5 °C2 January 1966	27.6 °C	1,359 mm	293
1965	37.7 °C30 April 1965	16.0 °C18 January 1965	27.3 °C	1,387 mm	325
1964	38.5 °C12 April 1964	17.5 °C19 December 1964	27.4 °C	1,527 mm	294
1963	38.0 °C22 April 1963	14.9 °C16 January 1963	27.1 °C	1,432 mm	317
1962	36.4 °C3 April 1962	15.8 °C28 January 1962	27.1 °C	1,450 mm	297
1961	37.3 °C26 March 1961	16.5 °C19 January 1961	27.4 °C	1,245 mm	310
1960	38.4 °C23 March 1960	17.2 °C2 January 1960	27.7 °C	1,395 mm	319
1959	37.2 °C14 June 1959	18.0 °C18 January 1959	27.7 °C	1,203 mm	321
1958	38.7 °C26 April 1958	18.5 °C14 February 1958	27.6 °C	1,215 mm	305
1957	37.5 °C24 May 1957	17.2 °C21 January 1957	27.4 °C	1,584 mm	327
1956	36.5 °C21 March 1956	15.9 °C30 December 1956	26.7 °C	1,548 mm	268
1955	37.8 °C18 April 1955	14.8 °C12 January 1955	27.0 °C	1,461 mm	285
1954	37.9 °C19 April 1954	18.0 °C21 November 1954	27.3 °C	1,092 mm	305
1953	35.3 °C28 March 1953	17.5 °C9 January 1953	27.0 °C	1,545 mm	300
1952	37.5 °C24 March 1952	16.7 °C23 January 1952	27.4 °C	1,390 mm	294
1951	37.9 °C10 April 1951	17.0 °C2 January 1951	27.5 °C	895 mm	312
1950	37.3 °C22 April 1950	18.6 °C11 December 1950	27.3 °C	1,118 mm	290
1949	36.4 °C3 June 1949	17.3 °C10 January 1949	27.2 °C	1,490 mm	304
1948	36.8 °C13 March 1948	17.9 °C21 November 1948	27.0 °C	1,209 mm	280
1947	37.2 °C13 June 1947	18.9 °C5 January 1947	27.4 °C	1,239 mm	315
1946	36.6 °C2 April 1946	17.8 °C7 January 1946	26.9 °C	1,271 mm	280
1945	36.3 °C23 March 1945	18.2 °C29 December 1945	26.4 °C	1,556 mm	225
1944	37.1 °C8 April 1944	17.6 °C21 December 1944	27.2 °C	1,457 mm	261
1943	36.3 °C25 March 1943	16.4 °C25 January 1943	26.1 °C	1,387 mm	231
1942	34.8 °C24 April 1942	16.9 °C23 November 1942	26.4 °C	1,479 mm	265
1941	36.4 °C11 March 1941	19.9 °C2 January 1941	26.8 °C	1,500 mm	258
1940	36.1 °C10 March 1940	15.5 °C5 January 1940	26.4 °C	1,405 mm	239

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.8 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

334 d/yr

+16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1495 mm

+44 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.7 °C	-0.2 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Feb	34.2 °C	+0.8 °C	5 mm	-10 mm
Mar	35.0 °C	+0.3 °C	20 mm	-18 mm
Apr	35.1 °C	+0.2 °C	91 mm	+4 mm
May	33.8 °C	+0.1 °C	241 mm	+86 mm
Jun	32.8 °C	+0.1 °C	221 mm	+48 mm
Jul	32.8 °C	+0.8 °C	135 mm	-53 mm
Aug	32.9 °C	+1.1 °C	225 mm	+15 mm
Sep	31.7 °C	+0.5 °C	296 mm	+24 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+0.8 °C	136 mm	-69 mm
Nov	30.4 °C	-0.3 °C	109 mm	+28 mm
Dec	31.2 °C	+0.5 °C	16 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.7 °C

9 May 2025

Coldest day

18.3 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

45.6 mm

22 Jun 2025

Windiest day

26.6 km/h

16 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

20 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

21 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.6 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

26 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kampong Cham?

Kampong Cham has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 1,451 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kampong Cham?

The hottest day measured in Kampong Cham between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 2010, reaching 41.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kampong Cham?

The coldest day measured in Kampong Cham between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at 14.8 °C.

Does it snow in Kampong Cham?

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

Has the climate of Kampong Cham warmed?

Yes: Kampong Cham warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kampong Cham?

The wettest day measured in Kampong Cham between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 1987, with 218 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kampong Cham?

The windiest day measured in Kampong Cham between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1977, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kampong Cham?

The warmest month in Kampong Cham is April (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (26.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Kampong Cham?

Kampong Cham receives on average 1,451 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 191 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kampong Cham?

Kampong Cham gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kampong Cham?

Yes: Kampong Cham has on average 355 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kampong Cham?

In Kampong Cham, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.3 °C on 18 May 2010, and the lowest was 11.0 °C on 12 January 1955.

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