Phnom Penh weather in June

In June, Phnom Penh sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 154 mm of rain across 24.3 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-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 2% of the time in June, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of June to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Phnom Penh's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Phnom Penh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
154 mm
24.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:40 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
86%
9th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Phnom Penh is capital of Cambodia.

Density
2,319/km²
people per km²
Founded
1372

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical June day in Phnom Penh reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 7°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, June runs about 1°C cooler than May and on par with July.

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How June really feels in Phnom Penh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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
30
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Phnom Penh weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°15311.44.5
Feb34° / 24°81.711.63.8
Mar35° / 26°366.211.92.7
Apr36° / 27°8114.612.21.9
May35° / 27°15422.712.51.8
Jun34° / 26°15424.312.72.0
Jul33° / 26°15425.612.62.2
Aug33° / 26°17825.912.42.1
Sep32° / 26°24527.212.12.1
Oct32° / 25°24424.711.72.6
Nov32° / 25°7811.111.53.9
Dec31° / 24°275.111.34.7

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

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

Any precipitation

Phnom Penh gets around 154 mm of rain over 24.3 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 81% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the miserable band about 81% 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 June

Winds average 9 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of June to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:396:17
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.59 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in April across the year — June's 5.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Phnom Penh

In seasonPeak

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

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

Phnom Penh'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 June a good time to visit Phnom Penh?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Phnom Penh.

What to pack for Phnom Penh in June

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

In June, Phnom Penh sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Phnom Penh in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June 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 Phnom Penh peaks around August 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 19 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 19UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Phnom Penh in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Phnom Penh is worst in February — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateFeb 1344 µg/m³Aug 1419 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan42Poor
Feb44Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr35Poor
May26Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Phnom Penh?

Phnom Penh sits at 11.6°N, 104.9°E, 20 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Boeng Kak Pir, 3.0 km away.

Phumĭ Yoŭl ToŭngPhumĭ Véal TônsayKampong Speu

Topography around Phnom Penh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Phnom Penh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 713 m.

The land around Phnom Penh is covered by artificial surfaces (82%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
59 m
80 km
713 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
June weather nearby: Boeng Kak Pir 3.0 km · Dangkao 7.0 km · Chrang Chamreh Muoy 8.0 km · Ta Khmau 10 km · Kandoeng 31 km · Phumĭ Yoŭl Toŭng 37 km · Phumĭ Véal Tônsay 39 km · Kampong Speu 45 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 Phnom Penh (11.5625°, 104.916°, elevation 20 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). 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).