Map Tropical CambodiaCambodia is situated in Southeast Asia in the tropical zone, only 10-13 degrees north off the equator. Like the majority of Southeast Asia, Cambodia is warm to hot year round and the atmosphere is ruled by the yearly storm cycle with its substituting wet and dry seasons. The storm cycle is driven by cyclic pneumatic force changes over focal Asia. As the weight drops amid the mid year months (June through October), clammy air is drawn landward from the sea conveying the southwest rainstorm downpours to Cambodia and quite a bit of Southeast Asia. Come the winter months (November through May), the pneumatic stress over focal Asia rises, driving cool dry air back crosswise over Southeast Asia and bringing on a to a great extent rainless dry season to Cambodia. The mean every day temperature likewise rises and falls with the winter and summer months, however not precisely in time with the wet and dry season, adequately making four yearly seasons in Cambodia....1) November-February: Cool and dry. Normal late morning temperatures in the mid 20s, at some point plunging underneath 20 around evening time. The rainstorm downpours trail off through October and November, and have typically halted totally by mid November. These months - November through February - are by and large thought to be the best time of year to visit, with December and January offering the absolute best climate of the year the nation over - easily warm days, clear skies, no downpour, light breeze, cool nighttimes. Perfect shoreline climate in Sihanoukville. An agreeable time of year to visit the sanctuaries close Siem Reap. Temperatures start to crawl up somewhat through February and there are infrequent, short 'mango showers' toward the evening.
2) March-May: Hot and dry. The dry season proceeds with, the main precipitation being short 'mango showers' in the evenings that gradually increment in recurrence and power as the months progressed. Amid these months waterway and lake levels are low, for the most part making watercraft/stream ship travel substantially more troublesome, less dependable and can enormously build ventures times drastically. Then again, street travel (transport, taxi, cruiser) is much simpler and more solid for absence of blustery season flooding. The temperature gradually ascends through February and March, topping out in April and May before the rainstorm start. February and March are still agreeable however by April noontime temperatures can drift in the mid to upper 30s, particularly in inland territories such as Siem Reap. It is less blustery as of now of year, the sun can be entirely extraordinary and the air gets to be hazier with the rising mugginess. Despite the fact that occasionally entirely hot, the absence of downpour still leaves this a decent time of year to visit the sanctuaries or the shoreline.
3) June-August: Hot and wet. The hot season proceeds however is decently fast directed as the storm downpours start in May and June, cooling, if just a bit, the hot, sticky air. Crosswise over the vast majority of the nation, the rainstorm downpours are genuinely unsurprising, generally happening toward the evening or during the evening. What's more, the evening rains generally last close to two or three hours making them genuinely simple to arrange around, particularly in the event that you are going by the sanctuaries or visiting. Actually, the Angkor sanctuaries are getting it done amid the wet season. The encompassing channels and reflecting pools are full, the wilderness is lavish and dampness bring outs the shades of the greenery and lichen secured stones of the sanctuaries. Pontoon travel gets to be simpler and more dependable as the season advances and the stream and lake levels rise, yet a few streets some of the time disintegrate or turn out to be briefly overflowed. The example of rainstorm downpours tends too diverse along the coast and the shoreline towns, where the downpours are more continuous and, when the season is at its crest, might keep going for a considerable length of time at once, however, dissimilar to whatever remains of the nation, the downpour on the coast might stop for quite a long time at once also.
4) September-Early November: Cool and wet. The air doesn't generally start to cool much until October or November, yet at the same time, its cooler than the most sizzling months. In September the temperatures drift in the mid 30s and gradually drop through the next months. By October, the early afternoon temperatures are around 30. In September the blustery season is simply passing its crest. The downpours are still extremely normal and serious in September, yet by October the recurrence is generally dropping off significantly. Before the end of October the downpours are near halting totally, in the event that they haven't as of now. As the downpours end through October, the best time of year to visit Cambodia starts.
The Rainy Season
Numerous voyagers justifiably attempt to abstain from going by Southeast Asia amid the 'storm season, accepting that the downpours will ruin the visit. There are clear weaknesses to going to amid the blustery season, however by and by its my most loved time of year in Cambodia.
Amid the stormy season the sanctuaries of Angkor are at their most lovely and generally photogenic. The reflecting pools and canals are full, the vegetation is dark green and the wet stone of the sanctuaries is at its generally beautiful. Additionally of photographic note, the downpour washed demeanor of the wet season is especially clear when contrasted with the dim, smoky skies of the dry season, making those long shots of the sanctuaries and rice paddies that much clearer. (On the off chance that you generally needed that shot of from the highest point of Phnom Bakheng of the removed Angkor Wat in the wilderness lit up the light of dusk, this is the best time of year to bring your 400mm lens and try it out.) Outside the urban communities, the rice paddies are loaded with water and green with new rice, the wilderness is lavish and the farmland is beautiful and bursting at the seams with developing season movement. The stream and lake levels are high making watercraft travel simple. (It's the best time of year to take the watercraft from Siem Reap to Battambang, supposedly a standout amongst the most beautiful pontoon trips in Cambodia.)
It must be said that there are less visitors in the nation. The sanctuaries are less swarmed, costs are lower and the bars and eateries are all glad to see you. What's more, for all intents and purposes, it doesn't rain the greater part of the time or even each day amid the blustery season. When it rains it for the most part begins around 2:00PM or 3:00PM and keeps going a few hours, making it simple to arrange around much of the time. Around the starting and the end of the season the downpours happen with far less recurrence.
Mean Temperatures / Rainfall : 1997-2001
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