Sisophon weather in August

In August, Sisophon sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 168 mm of rain across 25.6 wet days and about 12.5 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 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Sisophon's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sisophon's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 168 mm; 25.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:59 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 90%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.1; out of 10

Sisophon is city in Cambodia.

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

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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 Sisophon reaches about 33°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 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

How August really feels in Sisophon

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 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Sisophon 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 22°	10	1.8	11.3	4.3
Feb	35° / 23°	16	3.4	11.5	3.1
Mar	36° / 25°	54	9.6	11.9	1.9
Apr	36° / 26°	102	16.3	12.3	1.5
May	35° / 27°	151	22.9	12.6	1.6
Jun	34° / 26°	136	21.7	12.8	2.0
Jul	33° / 26°	152	24.8	12.7	2.1
Aug	33° / 26°	168	25.6	12.5	2.1
Sep	32° / 25°	238	26.4	12.1	2.2
Oct	32° / 25°	194	21.5	11.7	3.0
Nov	32° / 23°	43	7.2	11.4	4.3
Dec	32° / 22°	10	2.2	11.2	4.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Cloudier (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sisophon gets around 168 mm of rain over 25.6 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 83% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	81
15	81
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	85
26	85
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	86

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	11
Miserable (%)	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	75	76	77	78	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	87	88	88	89	89	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	14	86
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
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20	10	calm
21	10	calm
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23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 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 5:56 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:16 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00
Sunset (PM)	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	5:56	6:32
2	12.6	5:56	6:32
3	12.6	5:56	6:32
4	12.6	5:57	6:31
5	12.6	5:57	6:31
6	12.6	5:57	6:31
7	12.6	5:57	6:30
8	12.5	5:57	6:30
9	12.5	5:57	6:29
10	12.5	5:58	6:29
11	12.5	5:58	6:28
12	12.5	5:58	6:28
13	12.5	5:58	6:27
14	12.5	5:58	6:27
15	12.5	5:58	6:26
16	12.5	5:59	6:26
17	12.4	5:59	6:25
18	12.4	5:59	6:25
19	12.4	5:59	6:24
20	12.4	5:59	6:24
21	12.4	5:59	6:23
22	12.4	5:59	6:22
23	12.4	5:59	6:22
24	12.4	5:59	6:21
25	12.4	5:59	6:21
26	12.3	6:00	6:20
27	12.3	6:00	6:19
28	12.3	6:00	6:19
29	12.3	6:00	6:18
30	12.3	6:00	6:17
31	12.3	6:00	6:16

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.53 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Sisophon

In seasonPeak

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

Sisophon'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 Sisophon?

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

2.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sisophon.

What to pack for Sisophon in August

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

In August, Sisophon sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sisophon 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 Sisophon peaks around August 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 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	13	12	12	12	13	14	12	11	8	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Sisophon 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 Sisophon is worst in February — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (June, 15 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)	35	38	34	25	17	15	17	16	18	20	16	17
Level	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	35	Moderate
Feb	38	Poor
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sisophon?

Sisophon sits at 13.6°N, 103.0°E, 19 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Ou Bei Choan, 33 km away.

Topography around Sisophon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sisophon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 619 m.

The land around Sisophon is covered by cropland (33%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, cropland (86%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

cropland 33%

16 km

140 m

cropland 86%

80 km

619 m

cropland 75%

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← July Sisophon year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Ou Bei Choan 33 km · Poipet 45 km · Aranyaprathet 52 km · Battambang 59 km · Phum Ânlŭng Vĭl 63 km · Yeang 69 km · Wang Nam Yen 86 km · Samraong 89 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 Sisophon (13.5859°, 102.9737°, elevation 19 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	81
15	81
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	85
26	85
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	86

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	14	86
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	81
15	81
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	85
26	85
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	86

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	14	86
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	26
2	33	26
3	33	26
4	33	26
5	33	26
6	33	26
7	33	26
8	33	26
9	33	26
10	33	26
11	33	26
12	33	26
13	33	26
14	33	26
15	33	26
16	33	26
17	33	26
18	33	26
19	33	26
20	33	26
21	33	26
22	33	26
23	33	26
24	33	26
25	33	26
26	33	26
27	33	26
28	33	26
29	33	26
30	33	26
31	33	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	6	94
2	6	94
3	6	94
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	7	93
20	8	92
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	82
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	81
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	81
13	81
14	81
15	81
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	85
26	85
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	86

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	26	74
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	14	86
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89