Svay Rieng weather in August

In August, Svay Rieng sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 245 mm of rain across 28.4 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 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Svay Rieng's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Svay Rieng's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
245 mm
28.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:50 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
89%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Svay Rieng is capital of the same named Cambodian province.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Svay Rieng reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°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 Svay Rieng

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Svay Rieng 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
Jan32° / 23°213.211.44.4
Feb33° / 24°101.811.64.0
Mar35° / 25°335.611.92.9
Apr35° / 26°8613.612.22.1
May34° / 26°1762412.51.9
Jun33° / 26°20826.512.62.1
Jul32° / 25°22927.512.62.2
Aug32° / 25°24528.412.42.2
Sep32° / 25°28127.812.12.2
Oct32° / 25°27125.911.82.5
Nov32° / 24°11013.911.53.6
Dec32° / 23°457.211.44.2

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 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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

Any precipitation

Svay Rieng gets around 245 mm of rain over 28.4 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 91% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days.

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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 82% 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 August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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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 5:48 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:486:18
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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 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Svay Rieng

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Pacific typhoon
Rainy season
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Is August a good time to visit Svay Rieng?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Svay Rieng.

What to pack for Svay Rieng in August

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

In August, Svay Rieng sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Svay Rieng in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Svay Rieng peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 19 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 18UV 13Nov 19UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Svay Rieng 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 Svay Rieng is worst in January — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (August, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorJan 2151 µg/m³Aug 1324 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb48Poor
Mar45Poor
Apr41Poor
May34Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct37Poor
Nov40Poor
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Svay Rieng?

Svay Rieng sits at 11.1°N, 105.8°E, 12 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Bavet, 37 km away.

BavetTây NinhHòa ThànhPhú KhươngTràm ChimDương Minh ChâuHồng NgựTrảng Bàng

Topography around Svay Rieng

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Svay Rieng has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 960 m.

The land around Svay Rieng is covered by cropland (44%) within 3 km, cropland (82%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
24 m
80 km
960 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Bavet 37 km · Tây Ninh 41 km · Hòa Thành 42 km · Phú Khương 42 km · Tràm Chim 53 km · Dương Minh Châu 57 km · Hồng Ngự 59 km · Trảng Bàng 61 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 Svay Rieng (11.0878°, 105.7994°, elevation 12 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).