Tbeng Meanchey weather in May

In May, Tbeng Meanchey sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 206 mm of rain across 25 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tbeng Meanchey's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tbeng Meanchey's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
25°
11th coldest
Rainfall
206 mm
25 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:37 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
81%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Tbeng Meanchey is capital of the Cambodian province of Preah Vihear.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tbeng Meanchey reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 8°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, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Tbeng Meanchey

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

Tbeng Meanchey weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°51.211.34.7
Feb34° / 22°112.511.53.6
Mar35° / 25°508.411.92.5
Apr35° / 25°10016.112.32.1
May33° / 25°2062512.62.1
Jun32° / 25°22225.512.82.3
Jul31° / 25°25827.912.72.4
Aug31° / 25°28327.812.52.5
Sep31° / 24°29327.812.12.5
Oct31° / 24°1732111.73.3
Nov31° / 22°587.511.44.5
Dec31° / 21°142.211.25.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23367
33268
43070
52971
62773
72575
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tbeng Meanchey gets around 206 mm of rain over 25 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
168
269
371
472
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674
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
122771
222672
322474
412277
512178
611980
711881
811683
901585
1001486
1101387
1201288
1301189
1401090
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250595
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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 May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:436:12
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tbeng Meanchey

In seasonPeak

In May, Tbeng Meanchey sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Tbeng Meanchey's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Tbeng Meanchey?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tbeng Meanchey.

What to pack for Tbeng Meanchey in May

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

In May, Tbeng Meanchey sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tbeng Meanchey in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tbeng Meanchey peaks around August 14 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 14UV 14Nov 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Tbeng Meanchey in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Tbeng Meanchey is worst in February — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.9× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodFeb 1978 µg/m³Nov 168 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb79Unhealthy
Mar70Unhealthy
Apr37Poor
May17Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tbeng Meanchey?

Tbeng Meanchey sits at 13.8°N, 105.0°E, 59 m above sea level, in Cambodia. The nearest listed city is Kantharalak, 99 km away.

KantharalakPhumĭ TnaôtAnlong VeaengStung TrengKampong ThomDet UdomSiem ReapYeang

Topography around Tbeng Meanchey

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tbeng Meanchey has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 52 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 499 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 732 m.

The land around Tbeng Meanchey is covered by grassland (44%), cropland (23%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (54%), grassland (25%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
499 m
80 km
732 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Kantharalak 99 km · Phumĭ Tnaôt 105 km · Anlong Veaeng 108 km · Stung Treng 111 km · Kampong Thom 122 km · Det Udom 123 km · Siem Reap 131 km · Yeang 151 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 Tbeng Meanchey (13.8073°, 104.9805°, elevation 59 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).