Climate Sihanoukville International Airport 2022-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sihanoukville International Airport (VDSV) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	95.9	96	95	97
February	96.2	96	98	95
March	97.9	98	99	96
April	98.0		98	98
May	96.4		97	97
June	96.2		96	97
July	84.8		87	83
August	90.9		95	87
September	84.1		88	81
October	93.3		95	92
November	96.9		98	96
December	98.1		99	96
Average	94.9	96.8	95.3	92.5

3rd best VFR conditions of Cambodia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	99.5	99	99	100
February	99.5	99	99	100
March	99.8	100	100	99
April	99.4		99	99
May	99.4		100	100
June	99.0		99	99
July	96.0		97	95
August	97.6		100	96
September	96.1		97	96
October	99.7		99	100
November	98.9		100	98
December	100.0		100	100
Average	99.0	99.6	98.9	98.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	20.6	32	30	0
February	21.2	32	31	0
March	21.4	33	31	0
April	16.4		33	0
May	16.1		32	0
June	22.8		31	15
July	30.4		30	31
August	30.5		31	30
September	29.8		30	30
October	31.3		32	31
November	31.7		33	31
December	32.0		32	32
Average	26.6	32.3	31.3	16.2

3rd highest temperature of Cambodia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	15.4	24	23	0
February	15.5	25	22	0
March	16.3	26	24	0
April	12.0		24	0
May	12.8		26	0
June	17.8		26	10
July	24.7		25	24
August	25.4		26	25
September	25.1		25	25
October	24.3		25	24
November	24.5		25	24
December	23.3		24	22
Average	20.5	24.5	24.4	12.7

1st lowest temperature of Cambodia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	1.0	0	3	0
February	0.9	1	1	2
March	1.0	1	0	3
April	1.9		1	3
May	5.8		5	7
June	10.5		12	9
July	24.0		21	27
August	17.4		8	26
September	21.7		21	22
October	5.1		7	3
November	3.9		1	7
December	0.3		0	1
Average	5.6	0.3	6.8	9.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	4.3	6	7	0
February	4.6	8	6	0
March	5.1	8	7	0
April	3.4		7	0
May	3.3		7	0
June	4.6		7	3
July	7.6		8	7
August	7.4		9	6
September	6.8		7	7
October	5.5		5	6
November	5.6		6	5
December	6.3		6	6
Average	5.8	7.2	6.8	3.2

3rd highest wind speed of Cambodia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	209°	012°	360°
February	177°	180°	360°
March	188°	196°	360°
April		231°	360°
May		261°	360°
June		282°	271°
July		283°	286°
August		276°	284°
September		277°	286°
October		275°	163°
November		075°	154°
December		084°	068°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.