Kampong Speu weather in August

In August, Kampong Speu sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 137 mm of rain across 23.1 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kampong Speu's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kampong Speu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
137 mm
23.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:55 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
89%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Kampong Speu is city in Cambodia.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kampong Speu reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Kampong Speu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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 August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kampong Speu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°162.811.44.4
Feb34° / 23°10211.63.6
Mar36° / 25°457.911.92.4
Apr36° / 26°8515.312.21.8
May35° / 26°13322.412.51.7
Jun34° / 26°12321.712.72.1
Jul33° / 25°12522.912.62.3
Aug33° / 25°13723.112.42.4
Sep32° / 25°2062612.12.3
Oct31° / 24°22824.711.72.8
Nov31° / 24°7211.711.54.0
Dec31° / 23°274.711.34.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3694
4694
5793
6793
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kampong Speu gets around 137 mm of rain over 23.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 74% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
170
270
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569
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1470
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3083
3184

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
18020
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:536:23
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.59 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.91 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kampong Speu

In seasonPeak

In August, Kampong Speu sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kampong Speu's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Kampong Speu?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kampong Speu.

What to pack for Kampong Speu in August

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

In August, Kampong Speu sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kampong Speu in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kampong Speu peaks around August 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 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 18UV 14Nov 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Kampong Speu in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kampong Speu is worst in February — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.5× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateFeb 1542 µg/m³Aug 1913 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan34Moderate
Feb43Poor
Mar35Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kampong Speu?

Kampong Speu sits at 11.5°N, 104.5°E, 35 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Phumĭ Véal Tônsay, 28 km away.

KandoengDangkaoBoeng Kak PirChrang Chamreh MuoyPhnom PenhTa Khmau

Topography around Kampong Speu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kampong Speu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 33 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 580 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,787 m.

The land around Kampong Speu is covered by cropland (41%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
580 m
80 km
1,787 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Phumĭ Véal Tônsay 28 km · Phumĭ Yoŭl Toŭng 30 km · Kandoeng 39 km · Dangkao 41 km · Boeng Kak Pir 42 km · Chrang Chamreh Muoy 44 km · Phnom Penh 45 km · Ta Khmau 47 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 Kampong Speu (11.4533°, 104.5208°, elevation 35 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).