Samraong weather in January
In January, Samraong sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.
Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 Samraong's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Samraong's year-round climate.
- Daytime high
- 32°
- 8th warmest
- Overnight low
- 21°
- 1st coldest
- Rainfall
- 6 mm
- 1.2 wet days
- Daylight
- 11 h 12 min
- 6:38 AM – 5:53 PM
- Cloud cover
- 43%
- 2nd clearest
- Wind
- 9 km/h
- 6th windiest
- Solar energy
- 5.07 kWh/m²
- Travel score
- 4.9
- out of 10
Samraong is capital of Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Temperature in January
Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.
A typical January day in Samraong reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°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) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| Avg low (°C) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | 20 |
| 2 | 31 | 20 |
| 3 | 31 | 20 |
| 4 | 32 | 20 |
| 5 | 32 | 20 |
| 6 | 32 | 20 |
| 7 | 32 | 20 |
| 8 | 32 | 20 |
| 9 | 32 | 20 |
| 10 | 32 | 20 |
| 11 | 32 | 21 |
| 12 | 32 | 21 |
| 13 | 32 | 21 |
| 14 | 32 | 21 |
| 15 | 32 | 21 |
| 16 | 32 | 21 |
| 17 | 32 | 21 |
| 18 | 32 | 21 |
| 19 | 32 | 21 |
| 20 | 32 | 21 |
| 21 | 32 | 21 |
| 22 | 32 | 21 |
| 23 | 32 | 21 |
| 24 | 32 | 21 |
| 25 | 33 | 21 |
| 26 | 33 | 21 |
| 27 | 33 | 21 |
| 28 | 33 | 21 |
| 29 | 33 | 21 |
| 30 | 33 | 21 |
| 31 | 33 | 21 |
How January really feels in Samraong
Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 26 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.
The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.
Samraong weather by month
How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32° / 21° | 6 | 1.2 | 11.3 | 4.9 |
| Feb | 34° / 22° | 9 | 2.2 | 11.5 | 3.6 |
| Mar | 36° / 25° | 36 | 6.3 | 11.9 | 2.1 |
| Apr | 37° / 26° | 68 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 1.6 |
| May | 35° / 26° | 130 | 19.5 | 12.6 | 1.8 |
| Jun | 34° / 26° | 129 | 20.6 | 12.8 | 2.1 |
| Jul | 33° / 26° | 155 | 22.8 | 12.8 | 2.4 |
| Aug | 32° / 25° | 188 | 24.5 | 12.5 | 2.4 |
| Sep | 32° / 25° | 251 | 25.3 | 12.1 | 2.5 |
| Oct | 31° / 24° | 148 | 18 | 11.7 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 32° / 23° | 34 | 6 | 11.3 | 4.6 |
| Dec | 31° / 21° | 9 | 1.8 | 11.2 | 5.4 |
Cloud cover in January
The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 69 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 |
| Cloudier (%) | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 | 31 |
| 2 | 69 | 31 |
| 3 | 70 | 30 |
| 4 | 70 | 30 |
| 5 | 69 | 31 |
| 6 | 69 | 31 |
| 7 | 69 | 31 |
| 8 | 69 | 31 |
| 9 | 69 | 31 |
| 10 | 69 | 31 |
| 11 | 68 | 32 |
| 12 | 68 | 32 |
| 13 | 68 | 32 |
| 14 | 69 | 31 |
| 15 | 69 | 31 |
| 16 | 69 | 31 |
| 17 | 71 | 29 |
| 18 | 71 | 29 |
| 19 | 71 | 29 |
| 20 | 72 | 28 |
| 21 | 72 | 28 |
| 22 | 72 | 28 |
| 23 | 73 | 27 |
| 24 | 73 | 27 |
| 25 | 73 | 27 |
| 26 | 74 | 26 |
| 27 | 75 | 25 |
| 28 | 75 | 25 |
| 29 | 76 | 24 |
| 30 | 77 | 23 |
| 31 | 78 | 22 |
Chance of precipitation in January
Samraong gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.2 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 4% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.
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| Rain chance (%) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Rain chance (%) | |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 5 |
| 17 | 4 |
| 18 | 4 |
| 19 | 4 |
| 20 | 4 |
| 21 | 4 |
| 22 | 4 |
| 23 | 4 |
| 24 | 4 |
| 25 | 4 |
| 26 | 4 |
| 27 | 4 |
| 28 | 4 |
| 29 | 4 |
| 30 | 4 |
| 31 | 4 |
Humidity in January
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 37% of them.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Comfortable (%) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Humid (%) | 37 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 34 |
| Muggy (%) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
| Oppressive (%) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Miserable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 19 | 39 | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 28 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 28 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 27 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 27 | 10 | 0 |
| 14 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 27 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 1 |
| 17 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 27 | 10 | 1 |
| 18 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 27 | 10 | 1 |
| 19 | 5 | 19 | 39 | 27 | 10 | 1 |
| 20 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 1 |
| 21 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 28 | 9 | 1 |
| 22 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 28 | 9 | 1 |
| 23 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 28 | 9 | 1 |
| 24 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 28 | 9 | 1 |
| 25 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 1 |
| 26 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 1 |
| 27 | 6 | 20 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 1 |
| 28 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 0 |
| 29 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 0 |
| 30 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 0 |
Wind in January
Winds average 9 km/h in January.
Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.
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| Wind speed (km/h) | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | calm |
| 2 | 10 | calm |
| 3 | 10 | calm |
| 4 | 10 | calm |
| 5 | 10 | calm |
| 6 | 10 | calm |
| 7 | 10 | calm |
| 8 | 10 | calm |
| 9 | 10 | calm |
| 10 | 10 | calm |
| 11 | 10 | calm |
| 12 | 10 | calm |
| 13 | 10 | calm |
| 14 | 9 | calm |
| 15 | 9 | calm |
| 16 | 9 | calm |
| 17 | 9 | calm |
| 18 | 9 | calm |
| 19 | 9 | calm |
| 20 | 9 | calm |
| 21 | 9 | calm |
| 22 | 9 | calm |
| 23 | 9 | calm |
| 24 | 9 | calm |
| 25 | 9 | calm |
| 26 | 9 | calm |
| 27 | 9 | calm |
| 28 | 9 | calm |
| 29 | 9 | calm |
| 30 | 9 | calm |
| 31 | 9 | calm |
Sunrise & sunset in January
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 6:34 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 6:00 PM.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:34 | 6:34 | 6:35 | 6:35 | 6:35 | 6:36 | 6:36 | 6:36 | 6:36 | 6:37 | 6:37 | 6:37 | 6:37 | 6:37 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:39 | 6:39 | 6:39 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:38 | 6:38 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:44 | 5:45 | 5:45 | 5:46 | 5:47 | 5:47 | 5:48 | 5:48 | 5:49 | 5:49 | 5:50 | 5:50 | 5:51 | 5:51 | 5:52 | 5:53 | 5:53 | 5:54 | 5:54 | 5:55 | 5:55 | 5:56 | 5:56 | 5:57 | 5:57 | 5:58 | 5:58 | 5:59 | 5:59 | 6:00 | 6:00 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11.2 | 6:34 | 5:44 |
| 2 | 11.2 | 6:34 | 5:45 |
| 3 | 11.2 | 6:35 | 5:45 |
| 4 | 11.2 | 6:35 | 5:46 |
| 5 | 11.2 | 6:35 | 5:47 |
| 6 | 11.2 | 6:36 | 5:47 |
| 7 | 11.2 | 6:36 | 5:48 |
| 8 | 11.2 | 6:36 | 5:48 |
| 9 | 11.2 | 6:36 | 5:49 |
| 10 | 11.2 | 6:37 | 5:49 |
| 11 | 11.2 | 6:37 | 5:50 |
| 12 | 11.2 | 6:37 | 5:50 |
| 13 | 11.2 | 6:37 | 5:51 |
| 14 | 11.2 | 6:37 | 5:51 |
| 15 | 11.2 | 6:38 | 5:52 |
| 16 | 11.2 | 6:38 | 5:53 |
| 17 | 11.3 | 6:38 | 5:53 |
| 18 | 11.3 | 6:38 | 5:54 |
| 19 | 11.3 | 6:38 | 5:54 |
| 20 | 11.3 | 6:38 | 5:55 |
| 21 | 11.3 | 6:38 | 5:55 |
| 22 | 11.3 | 6:38 | 5:56 |
| 23 | 11.3 | 6:38 | 5:56 |
| 24 | 11.3 | 6:39 | 5:57 |
| 25 | 11.3 | 6:39 | 5:57 |
| 26 | 11.3 | 6:39 | 5:58 |
| 27 | 11.3 | 6:38 | 5:58 |
| 28 | 11.3 | 6:38 | 5:59 |
| 29 | 11.3 | 6:38 | 5:59 |
| 30 | 11.4 | 6:38 | 6:00 |
| 31 | 11.4 | 6:38 | 6:00 |
Solar energy in January
Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.07 kWh/m².
For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in April across the year — January's 5.07 kWh/m² falls in the middle.
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| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 2 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 3 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 4 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 5 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 6 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 7 | 4.9 | Bright |
| 8 | 5.0 | Bright |
| 9 | 5.0 | Bright |
| 10 | 5.0 | Bright |
| 11 | 5.0 | Bright |
| 12 | 5.0 | Bright |
| 13 | 5.0 | Bright |
| 14 | 5.0 | Bright |
| 15 | 5.0 | Bright |
| 16 | 5.0 | Bright |
| 17 | 5.1 | Bright |
| 18 | 5.1 | Bright |
| 19 | 5.1 | Bright |
| 20 | 5.1 | Bright |
| 21 | 5.1 | Bright |
| 22 | 5.2 | Bright |
| 23 | 5.2 | Bright |
| 24 | 5.2 | Bright |
| 25 | 5.2 | Bright |
| 26 | 5.2 | Bright |
| 27 | 5.3 | Bright |
| 28 | 5.3 | Bright |
| 29 | 5.3 | Bright |
| 30 | 5.3 | Bright |
| 31 | 5.4 | Bright |
Hazard calendar for Samraong
None of Samraong's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.
Samraong's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.
Is January a good time to visit Samraong?
Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).
January is a reasonable time to visit Samraong for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.
What to pack for Samraong in January
From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.
In January, Samraong sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.
UV index in Samraong in January
Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Samraong peaks around August 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 20 at about 8 (very high).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Level | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | Very high |
| Feb | 10 | Very high |
| Mar | 12 | Extreme |
| Apr | 12 | Extreme |
| May | 11 | Extreme |
| Jun | 12 | Extreme |
| Jul | 13 | Extreme |
| Aug | 14 | Extreme |
| Sep | 12 | Extreme |
| Oct | 11 | Extreme |
| Nov | 7 | Very high |
| Dec | 8 | Very high |
Air quality in Samraong in January
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.
Air quality in Samraong is worst in February — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (June, 17 µg/m³).
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 38 | 48 | 48 | 35 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 20 |
| Level | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | Poor |
| Feb | 48 | Poor |
| Mar | 48 | Poor |
| Apr | 35 | Poor |
| May | 22 | Moderate |
| Jun | 17 | Moderate |
| Jul | 19 | Moderate |
| Aug | 19 | Moderate |
| Sep | 21 | Moderate |
| Oct | 25 | Moderate |
| Nov | 21 | Moderate |
| Dec | 20 | Moderate |
Where is Samraong?
Samraong sits at 14.2°N, 103.5°E, 52 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Anlong Veaeng, 61 km away.
Topography around Samraong
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Samraong.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Samraong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 620 m.
The land around Samraong is covered by cropland (57%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) and trees (23%) within 80 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
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 Samraong (14.1817°, 103.5176°, elevation 52 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).