Pursat climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pursat?

Pursat has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,337 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pursat between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 2024, reaching 42.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pursat?

The coldest day measured in Pursat between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at 11.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pursat?

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

Q: Has the climate of Pursat warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Pursat?

The wettest day measured in Pursat between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1957, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pursat?

The windiest day measured in Pursat between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1990, with winds reaching 27.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pursat?

The warmest month in Pursat is April (29.6 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pursat?

Pursat receives on average 1,337 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 186 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pursat?

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

Pursat (Cambodia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,337 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 (29.6 °C on average) and the coldest is December (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Pursat averages 0 frost days, 301 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 186 rainy days per year.

Pursat 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 42.2 °C (on 1 May 2024) and the coldest 11.3 °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

PursatPursat

coords: 12.54°, 103.92°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthDecemberWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.5°C

Average daily high

32.5°C

Average daily low

23.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,337mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

9.5km/h

Seasonal range

4.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

301 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

186 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.9 °C

Average feels-like low

28.1 °C

Average peak gust

28.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

337 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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

42.2 °C

1 May 2024

Coldest day

11.3 °C

12 January 1955

Wettest day

145 mm

6 October 1957

Windiest day

27.4 km/h

4 October 1990

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

3 August 2019

Hottest feels-like

48.6 °C

30 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

10.2 °C

12 January 1955

Sunniest day

12.3 h

23 July 1958

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.3 °C9 May 2025	15.1 °C14 January 2025	27.7 °C	1,575 mm	301
2024	42.2 °C1 May 2024	17.4 °C23 December 2024	29.1 °C	1,307 mm	339
2023	40.0 °C21 May 2023	17.7 °C30 January 2023	28.4 °C	1,715 mm	324
2022	40.2 °C28 April 2022	17.2 °C28 December 2022	27.9 °C	1,638 mm	315
2021	39.9 °C3 June 2021	14.6 °C13 January 2021	28.0 °C	1,338 mm	304
2020	40.6 °C9 May 2020	18.4 °C22 December 2020	28.6 °C	1,131 mm	326
2019	40.9 °C2 May 2019	15.9 °C9 December 2019	28.9 °C	1,219 mm	333
2018	39.0 °C14 April 2018	17.7 °C14 January 2018	28.7 °C	1,264 mm	356
2017	40.0 °C19 April 2017	16.8 °C29 January 2017	28.4 °C	1,292 mm	331
2016	41.1 °C10 June 2016	15.4 °C9 February 2016	29.0 °C	1,376 mm	333
2015	40.7 °C18 May 2015	17.1 °C16 January 2015	29.1 °C	1,002 mm	348
2014	40.2 °C8 June 2014	13.4 °C24 January 2014	28.7 °C	974 mm	339
2013	41.3 °C6 April 2013	15.5 °C28 December 2013	28.3 °C	1,332 mm	319
2012	41.0 °C24 April 2012	19.7 °C5 December 2012	28.9 °C	1,340 mm	351
2011	39.3 °C5 August 2011	16.4 °C20 January 2011	27.7 °C	1,393 mm	323
2010	42.1 °C18 May 2010	18.6 °C18 December 2010	28.8 °C	1,270 mm	332
2009	40.2 °C13 August 2009	14.1 °C12 January 2009	27.8 °C	1,489 mm	328
2008	39.4 °C17 April 2008	17.5 °C11 December 2008	27.8 °C	1,398 mm	306
2007	39.5 °C18 April 2007	15.8 °C29 November 2007	28.1 °C	1,291 mm	308
2006	38.1 °C13 June 2006	16.2 °C23 December 2006	28.3 °C	1,120 mm	334
2005	40.6 °C6 May 2005	15.2 °C4 January 2005	28.2 °C	1,337 mm	313
2004	39.8 °C31 March 2004	16.5 °C20 December 2004	28.2 °C	1,119 mm	329
2003	40.2 °C21 April 2003	17.2 °C21 December 2003	28.3 °C	1,274 mm	330
2002	39.1 °C5 April 2002	18.5 °C2 January 2002	28.8 °C	1,097 mm	345
2001	39.1 °C8 May 2001	16.9 °C24 December 2001	28.3 °C	1,149 mm	326
2000	38.0 °C28 March 2000	16.6 °C4 February 2000	27.6 °C	1,627 mm	307
1999	39.0 °C17 March 1999	11.3 °C25 December 1999	27.0 °C	1,790 mm	286
1998	41.7 °C24 May 1998	17.7 °C16 December 1998	28.9 °C	1,291 mm	320
1997	39.5 °C18 June 1997	15.7 °C13 January 1997	27.9 °C	1,057 mm	334
1996	40.8 °C19 March 1996	15.3 °C28 December 1996	27.6 °C	1,586 mm	309
1995	39.1 °C21 April 1995	14.8 °C31 December 1995	27.8 °C	1,299 mm	305
1994	39.6 °C3 May 1994	16.3 °C25 January 1994	27.7 °C	1,055 mm	330
1993	40.4 °C1 May 1993	14.8 °C30 January 1993	27.2 °C	1,340 mm	301
1992	40.7 °C23 April 1992	15.5 °C18 January 1992	27.8 °C	1,182 mm	305
1991	40.1 °C19 April 1991	18.7 °C15 November 1991	27.9 °C	1,431 mm	312
1990	38.4 °C24 April 1990	16.5 °C6 December 1990	28.1 °C	1,269 mm	322
1989	39.9 °C22 April 1989	16.7 °C5 December 1989	27.6 °C	1,258 mm	318
1988	39.7 °C7 April 1988	16.9 °C16 December 1988	27.6 °C	1,475 mm	280
1987	39.9 °C7 April 1987	15.6 °C8 December 1987	28.0 °C	1,371 mm	313
1986	38.9 °C22 March 1986	16.0 °C6 January 1986	27.6 °C	1,256 mm	279
1985	40.7 °C13 April 1985	15.3 °C19 December 1985	27.6 °C	1,353 mm	326
1984	39.4 °C7 April 1984	15.9 °C10 January 1984	27.7 °C	1,053 mm	328
1983	41.2 °C13 April 1983	14.7 °C25 January 1983	28.1 °C	1,394 mm	304
1982	40.6 °C2 May 1982	13.3 °C29 December 1982	27.4 °C	1,200 mm	325
1981	39.7 °C11 April 1981	14.4 °C14 January 1981	27.6 °C	1,445 mm	306
1980	39.7 °C3 May 1980	16.5 °C25 December 1980	27.9 °C	1,547 mm	329
1979	40.6 °C2 April 1979	17.0 °C27 December 1979	28.1 °C	1,098 mm	338
1978	40.5 °C30 April 1978	16.3 °C24 January 1978	27.5 °C	1,530 mm	300
1977	38.5 °C7 June 1977	16.8 °C7 December 1977	27.5 °C	1,251 mm	318
1976	39.4 °C20 April 1976	12.6 °C17 January 1976	26.9 °C	1,293 mm	286
1975	38.9 °C29 April 1975	12.0 °C30 December 1975	26.8 °C	1,621 mm	296
1974	37.8 °C9 May 1974	14.6 °C2 January 1974	26.9 °C	1,281 mm	284
1973	38.9 °C9 April 1973	14.5 °C27 December 1973	27.3 °C	1,491 mm	285
1972	40.2 °C24 May 1972	14.1 °C12 January 1972	27.3 °C	1,667 mm	301
1971	36.8 °C8 April 1971	14.1 °C18 November 1971	26.2 °C	1,464 mm	256
1970	38.9 °C12 May 1970	16.1 °C4 February 1970	27.3 °C	1,235 mm	285
1969	38.9 °C14 May 1969	15.7 °C23 December 1969	27.5 °C	1,176 mm	288
1968	38.0 °C1 April 1968	16.5 °C13 January 1968	27.2 °C	1,094 mm	335
1967	37.3 °C3 April 1967	13.0 °C17 January 1967	26.6 °C	1,182 mm	270
1966	38.0 °C29 April 1966	17.1 °C2 January 1966	26.9 °C	1,513 mm	249
1965	38.9 °C23 April 1965	13.4 °C18 January 1965	27.1 °C	1,358 mm	307
1964	37.9 °C1 April 1964	15.7 °C20 December 1964	27.0 °C	1,455 mm	294
1963	39.1 °C13 May 1963	11.6 °C16 January 1963	26.7 °C	1,312 mm	283
1962	37.8 °C3 April 1962	14.2 °C28 January 1962	26.8 °C	1,381 mm	278
1961	39.2 °C26 March 1961	14.2 °C18 January 1961	27.2 °C	1,169 mm	304
1960	41.0 °C25 April 1960	14.2 °C4 January 1960	27.6 °C	1,320 mm	295
1959	37.6 °C15 June 1959	15.9 °C19 January 1959	27.2 °C	1,235 mm	298
1958	39.3 °C25 April 1958	16.3 °C13 December 1958	27.2 °C	1,078 mm	283
1957	38.9 °C16 May 1957	14.7 °C3 January 1957	27.0 °C	1,606 mm	294
1956	39.0 °C24 March 1956	12.2 °C19 January 1956	26.5 °C	1,441 mm	274
1955	39.4 °C18 April 1955	11.3 °C12 January 1955	26.6 °C	1,764 mm	279
1954	38.7 °C9 May 1954	14.3 °C17 December 1954	27.0 °C	983 mm	302
1953	35.6 °C28 March 1953	14.8 °C9 January 1953	26.3 °C	1,737 mm	266
1952	36.3 °C17 February 1952	13.6 °C23 January 1952	26.8 °C	1,352 mm	267
1951	37.7 °C29 March 1951	14.2 °C2 January 1951	26.9 °C	1,011 mm	291
1950	38.4 °C23 April 1950	15.4 °C15 December 1950	26.7 °C	1,275 mm	279
1949	36.5 °C4 June 1949	13.9 °C16 January 1949	26.7 °C	1,316 mm	275
1948	35.8 °C11 March 1948	15.9 °C19 November 1948	26.6 °C	1,158 mm	267
1947	36.8 °C11 June 1947	16.4 °C29 December 1947	27.0 °C	1,229 mm	292
1946	36.1 °C5 April 1946	14.5 °C8 January 1946	26.4 °C	1,280 mm	264
1945	34.6 °C23 March 1945	15.2 °C30 December 1945	25.9 °C	1,595 mm	204
1944	37.3 °C25 June 1944	15.8 °C22 December 1944	26.7 °C	1,491 mm	256
1943	35.8 °C24 March 1943	14.9 °C13 January 1943	25.5 °C	1,680 mm	207
1942	35.1 °C23 February 1942	15.6 °C24 November 1942	26.1 °C	1,353 mm	252
1941	36.3 °C12 March 1941	15.4 °C26 December 1941	26.4 °C	1,429 mm	222
1940	35.4 °C11 March 1940	13.0 °C4 January 1940	25.8 °C	1,371 mm	221

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.3 °C

-0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

301 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1575 mm

+238 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.6 °C	-1.2 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Feb	33.2 °C	+0.4 °C	7 mm	-13 mm
Mar	33.1 °C	-1.5 °C	119 mm	+68 mm
Apr	34.3 °C	-0.9 °C	107 mm	+21 mm
May	33.7 °C	-0.7 °C	220 mm	+88 mm
Jun	33.3 °C	-0.4 °C	155 mm	+27 mm
Jul	33.8 °C	+0.7 °C	106 mm	-39 mm
Aug	34.3 °C	+1.3 °C	151 mm	-16 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	-0.2 °C	319 mm	+73 mm
Oct	31.3 °C	+0.5 °C	166 mm	-66 mm
Nov	29.5 °C	-0.5 °C	204 mm	+106 mm
Dec	30.4 °C	+1.0 °C	21 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.3 °C

9 May 2025

Coldest day

15.1 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

96.6 mm

1 Nov 2025

Windiest day

22.2 km/h

24 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

67.0 km/h

22 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.3 °C

19 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.7 °C

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

2 Aug 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pursat?

Pursat has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,337 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pursat?

The hottest day measured in Pursat between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 2024, reaching 42.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pursat?

The coldest day measured in Pursat between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at 11.3 °C.

Does it snow in Pursat?

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

Has the climate of Pursat warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Pursat?

The wettest day measured in Pursat between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1957, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pursat?

The windiest day measured in Pursat between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1990, with winds reaching 27.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pursat?

The warmest month in Pursat is April (29.6 °C on average); the coldest is December (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Pursat?

Pursat receives on average 1,337 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 186 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pursat?

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

Are there tropical nights in Pursat?

Yes: Pursat has on average 337 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pursat?

In Pursat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.6 °C on 30 April 2024, and the lowest was 10.2 °C on 12 January 1955.

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