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Phnom Penh in November

okbusy · worth considering · the coolest month of the year

The year in Phnom Penh

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  1. Phnom Penh in January: sweet spot, busy
  2. Phnom Penh in February: ok, busy
  3. Phnom Penh in March: avoid
  4. Phnom Penh in April: avoid
  5. Phnom Penh in May: avoid
  6. Phnom Penh in June: avoid
  7. Phnom Penh in July: avoid
  8. Phnom Penh in August: avoid
  9. Phnom Penh in September: avoid
  10. Phnom Penh in October: avoid
  11. Phnom Penh in November: ok, busy
  12. Phnom Penh in December: sweet spot, busy
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  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
November at Phnom Penh is 30°C by day and 24°C at night, with 9 rainy days and about 10 hours of sun a day. Busier than usual.

The numbers

Daily high30°C
Nightly low24°C
Feels like, afternoon35°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more9 · 157 mm
Humidity80%
Sunshine9.6 h/day
Daylight11.6 h/day
Crowds45 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the centre, 23 km from the airport (KTI): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

November: busy. Busiest from November to February; quietest in June and October.

Public holidays in November

Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.

Phnom Penh in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 30°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 9 or so rainy days.
  • Sun protection: about 10 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 80%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

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.

On arrival in Phnom Penh: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

November elsewhere

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