Banlung weather in January

In January, Banlung sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Banlung's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Banlung's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:23 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
50%
3rd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Banlung is Capital of the Cambodian province Ratanakiri.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Banlung reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Banlung

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Banlung weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°40.711.34.0
Feb35° / 23°51.111.53.0
Mar36° / 25°405.911.92.2
Apr35° / 26°10414.112.32.0
May33° / 25°27926.512.62.2
Jun31° / 25°31527.812.82.4
Jul30° / 24°39329.412.72.6
Aug30° / 24°39329.512.52.6
Sep30° / 24°38028.412.12.6
Oct31° / 23°21320.411.73.4
Nov32° / 23°707.911.44.2
Dec32° / 22°182.811.24.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25545
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55545
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307129
317228

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Banlung gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 19% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
162840242
262840232
372840232
472941222
572941222
673040212
773040212
883140202
983239202
1083238192
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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 5:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:195:31
211.26:205:32
311.26:205:32
411.26:205:33
511.26:215:33
611.26:215:34
711.26:215:35
811.26:215:35
911.26:225:36
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Banlung

In seasonPeak

None of Banlung's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Banlung's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Banlung?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Banlung for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Banlung in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Banlung sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Banlung in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Banlung peaks around August 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 14UV 13Dec 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Banlung in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Banlung is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.8× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateGoodMar 1844 µg/m³Nov 2310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar46Poor
Apr34Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Banlung?

Banlung sits at 13.7°N, 107.0°E, 316 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Lumphat, 28 km away.

Stung TrengEa T’ling

Topography around Banlung

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Banlung.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Banlung has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 302 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 423 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,433 m.

The land around Banlung is covered by trees (61%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
150 m
16 km
423 m
80 km
1,433 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Lumphat 28 km · Pleiku 113 km · Stung Treng 113 km · Kon Tum 130 km · Ea Drăng 145 km · Quảng Phú 156 km · A Yun Pa 161 km · Ea T’ling 161 km

Cambodia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / C / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,872
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.8
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
19.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 390
Religion
Buddhist 97%Muslim 2%other 1%Christian 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Banlung (13.7394°, 106.9873°, elevation 316 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).