Kampot weather in July

In July, Kampot sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 258 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kampot's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kampot's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
258 mm
28 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:52 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
87%
10th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Kampot is town in Cambodia.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical July day in Kampot reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Kampot

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

Kampot weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°245.711.45.8
Feb30° / 24°215.411.65.8
Mar30° / 26°5910.811.94.8
Apr31° / 27°9818.912.23.7
May30° / 27°20426.512.52.9
Jun29° / 26°23526.312.63.1
Jul29° / 26°2582812.63.2
Aug29° / 26°23927.312.33.3
Sep29° / 26°26026.812.13.2
Oct29° / 25°23725.811.83.4
Nov30° / 25°8212.811.54.7
Dec29° / 24°326.811.45.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kampot gets around 258 mm of rain over 28 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 90% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 17 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of July to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:486:25
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 4.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Kampot

In seasonPeak

In July, Kampot sits inside its pacific typhoon and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kampot sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

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

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

Is July a good time to visit Kampot?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kampot.

What to pack for Kampot in July

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

In July, Kampot sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kampot in July

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in May at about 31°C and coldest in January near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May31Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Kampot in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kampot peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 13Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Kampot in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kampot is worst in February — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateFeb 1332 µg/m³Aug 2013 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb33Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kampot?

Kampot sits at 10.6°N, 104.2°E, 7 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Kep, 20 km away.

Hà TiênPhu QuocHàm NinhÂngk TasaômSihanoukvillePhumĭ Véal SrêTakeo

Topography around Kampot

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kampot has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,046 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,080 m.

The land around Kampot is covered by grassland (28%), artificial surfaces (22%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (31%) and water (27%) within 16 km, and water (39%), cropland (27%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
14 m
16 km
1,046 m
80 km
1,080 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
July weather nearby: Kep 20 km · Hà Tiên 42 km · Phu Quoc 49 km · Hàm Ninh 50 km · Ângk Tasaôm 70 km · Sihanoukville 71 km · Phumĭ Véal Srê 77 km · Takeo 78 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 Kampot (10.6104°, 104.1814°, elevation 7 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).