Best time to visit Kampot

Cambodia · Southeast Asia

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Kampot

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Go in Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug or Dec — these months score within a whisker of each other; 30C max, 4 rainy days. Jun is the next best.

Dry season: Dec–Mar, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.

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Month by month

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	30°	2d	72%	10.5h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Feb	31°	2d	74%	10.8h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Mar	31°	3d	76%	11.3h	okbusy	busier than usual
Apr	32°	6d	78%	11.4h	ok	32C max, 6 rainy days
May	31°	12d	82%	10.0h	avoid	31C max, 12 rainy days
Jun	31°	8d	82%	9.1h	ok	31C max, 8 rainy days
Jul	30°	11d	83%	7.8h	sweet spot	30C max, 11 rainy days
Aug	30°	9d	83%	8.7h	sweet spot	30C max, 9 rainy days
Sep	29°	13d	86%	7.9h	ok	29C max, 13 rainy days
Oct	30°	18d	87%	8.7h	avoid	monsoon: 18 rainy days, 284mm
Nov	30°	10d	82%	9.5h	ok	30C max, 10 rainy days
Dec	30°	4d	72%	10.1h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the riverside old town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from December to March; quietest from April to October.

Then and now

Kampot's June days now average 30.7°C, 1.8°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 8 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	29.9°	30.4°	31.3°	31.4°	30.0°	28.9°	28.8°	28.4°	28.6°	28.8°	28.8°	29.0°
2017–26	30.2°	31.0°	31.4°	31.7°	31.4°	30.7°	29.8°	29.8°	29.5°	29.5°	29.8°	30.1°
Change	+0.3°	+0.6°	+0.1°	+0.3°	+1.4°	+1.8°	+1.0°	+1.3°	+0.9°	+0.8°	+1.0°	+1.1°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Phnom Penh (Boeng Khyang) (KTI), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Phnom Penh (Boeng Khyang).

Phnom Penh (Boeng Khyang) (KTI)	the drive is not measured yet
Preah Sihanouk (KOS)	the drive is not measured yet

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Kampot is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type A and C and G plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Riel. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Everything for Cambodia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — US dollars and riel are both used, and change often comes in riel; dollar coins are not taken. Only upmarket places, supermarkets, restaurants and hotels take cards, usually with a 3% surcharge. Or use the National Bank's Bakong Tourists app: link a Visa card or Mastercard, top it up and scan the KHQR codes that shops show.
UPI, for visitors from India — Works at KHQR merchants across Cambodia, from restaurants and shops to tourist sites: scan the KHQR code with your UPI app.

Getting around Kampot

Apps — Rides: Grab. Maps: Google Maps. Grab books cars as well as tuk-tuks and remorques, the last two at a fixed fare set upfront; with a tuk-tuk hailed in the street, agree the fare before you get in.

Getting around Kampot is easy on foot or on a bicycle, given the town's small size and flat terrain. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Kampot, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Open in Google MapsKampot on the map

Help

Emergency — police 117 · ambulance 119 · fire 118. In Siem Reap, the tourist police office is next to the ticket booth for the Angkor temples.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Kampot in pictures

2016 Kampot, Deptak nad rzeką Praek Tuek Chhu (02) — i

Marcin Konsek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

2016 Kampot, Old Market Street, Domy sklepy (02) — i

Marcin Konsek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Durian Skulptur in Kampot, Kambodscha — i

Myrmux, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Kampot is like

Kampot is a relaxed riverside town in southeast Cambodia. It is the durian capital of Cambodia, a gateway to Bokor National Park, and is near popular farms growing well-known Kampot pepper. It is also a popular sex-tourism destination. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: The most impressive sights in Kampot are the river and surrounding hills, which grandly frame views from the riverside promenade. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Kampot has a relaxed and sleepy atmosphere apart from the droves of motorbike riding school children that flock here when school is in session. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: The trip Phnom Penh-Kampot (148 km) can take 2½-5 hr depending on traffic and road conditions (Feb 2020). More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Kampot, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

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Kampot is in Cambodia, Southeast Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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