Best time to visit Sihanoukville
Cambodia · Southeast Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Sihanoukville
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- JanJSihanoukville in January: good, busy
- FebFSihanoukville in February: sweet spot, busy
- MarMSihanoukville in March: sweet spot
- AprASihanoukville in April: ok
- MayMSihanoukville in May: avoid
- JunJSihanoukville in June: avoid
- JulJSihanoukville in July: avoid
- AugASihanoukville in August: avoid
- SepSSihanoukville in September: avoid
- OctOSihanoukville in October: avoid
- NovNSihanoukville in November: ok
- DecDSihanoukville in December: sweet spot
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
Dry season: Dec–Mar, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30° | 4d | 77% | 10.5h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 30° | 3d | 79% | 10.8h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 31° | 5d | 80% | 11.2h | sweet spot | 31C max, 5 rainy days |
| Apr | 31° | 9d | 81% | 11.2h | ok | 31C max, 9 rainy days |
| May | 31° | 19d | 85% | 9.5h | avoid | monsoon: 19 rainy days, 293mm |
| Jun | 30° | 21d | 85% | 8.2h | avoid | monsoon: 21 rainy days, 377mm |
| Jul | 29° | 25d | 87% | 7.2h | avoid | monsoon: 25 rainy days, 550mm |
| Aug | 29° | 24d | 86% | 8.1h | avoid | monsoon: 24 rainy days, 436mm |
| Sep | 29° | 24d | 88% | 7.0h | avoid | monsoon: 24 rainy days, 509mm |
| Oct | 29° | 22d | 88% | 8.5h | avoid | monsoon: 22 rainy days, 394mm |
| Nov | 30° | 11d | 82% | 9.7h | ok | 30C max, 11 rainy days |
| Dec | 30° | 5d | 75% | 10.2h | sweet spot | 30C max, 5 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Otres and Serendipity beaches, 16 km from the airport (KOS): 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
Then and now
Sihanoukville's November days now average 30.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 10 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 29.1° | 29.6° | 30.6° | 30.9° | 29.6° | 28.5° | 28.3° | 27.9° | 28.0° | 28.3° | 28.7° | 29.1° |
| 2017–26 | 29.9° | 30.4° | 31.0° | 31.4° | 30.7° | 29.6° | 28.9° | 29.0° | 28.7° | 29.4° | 30.3° | 30.5° |
| Change | +0.8° | +0.8° | +0.4° | +0.4° | +1.0° | +1.0° | +0.6° | +1.0° | +0.7° | +1.2° | +1.6° | +1.4° |
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
How far Sihanoukville is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Ho Chi Minh City
- from Bangkok
- from Kuala Lumpur
- from Singapore
- from Hong Kong
- from Jakarta
- from Manila
- from Kolkata
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Sihanoukville, flying or 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. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. 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 Sihanoukville
- 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.
Distances between the beaches are too long to walk comfortably, but getting around is easy, as the roads are wide and bike taxis (motodop) are everywhere. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Sihanoukville, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
- Hospitals near Sihanoukvillea search on Google Maps
- Pharmacies near Sihanoukvillea search on Google Maps
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (17)
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- grab.com/kh/en/locations
- grab.com/kh/en/transport
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cambodia
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Siem_Reap
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Angkor_Archaeological_Park
- bakong.nbc.gov.kh/download/Bakong_tourists_documents.pdf
- angkorenterprise.gov.kh/en/available-tickets
- angkorenterprise.gov.kh/en/group-help-center/6837c62019ea3a8905440140
- angkorenterprise.gov.kh/en/faqs
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Sihanoukville in pictures
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Dmitry Makeev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Sihanoukville is like
Sihanoukville (Krong Preah Seihanu; ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ), formerly Kompong Som, is a seaside port city in Cambodia. This formerly laid-back beach destination has been transformed by Chinese investment and is now basically a giant construction site for Chinese resorts and casinos. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- The town doesn't offer much to see. The main areas of Sihanoukville of interest to tourists are Serendipity Beach, Otres Beach, Victory Beach, and the various islands off the coast. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- The Cambodian Children's Painting Project (CCPP) (On Serendipity Beach Rd). An NGO which works with impoverished Cambodian children. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Sihanouk International Airport (KOS IATA Sihanoukville Airport) (17 km east of the town, on the edge of Ream National Park). The airport is extremely small, unprepared for the influx of Chinese investments (and people). More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Cambodia National Police. Women should not carry purses containing anything valuable, and if possible should not carry any purse at all. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying healthy
- Medical services in Sihanoukville are very limited and basic. The best medical service is offered by the CT Clinic or Sihanoukville International Clinic. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Sihanoukville, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Sihanoukville
Also in Cambodia
Nearby
- Phú Quốc Vietnam · 68 km
- Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam · 345 km
- Pattaya Thailand · 383 km
- Ko Samui Thailand · 396 km
Kind of place
Sihanoukville is in Cambodia, Southeast Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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