Angkor Wat, Cambodia

There are 127 tropical destinations in our catalog, and Angkor Wat's numbers hold their own: a 94/100 sun score at its December peak, when rain interrupts roughly 14% of days. For a culture-first visit at a tropical latitude, the data is a good starting point.

The year runs from average lows of 21°C in December to highs of 35°C in April. On the rain ledger, January is the safest bet at a 7% chance of a wet day, while September climbs to 94%. If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on January–December.

The seasonal arc is clear in the data: summer averages 32°C against winter's 32°C, while rain-day odds move from 11% in winter and 52% in spring to 83% in summer and 70% through autumn. That makes winter the statistical sweet spot (season score 89), with autumn a workable second; summer is where the odds thin out. A practical compromise is January — the edge of the warm window, averaging 32°C with a 92 sun score.

Best months to visit Angkor Wat

The best month on record is December — a 94/100 sun score, built on 60% cloud cover and 14% rain-day odds — followed by January and November. Anything in January–March and October–December clears our 70-point reliability bar. The month to avoid on pure weather odds is May (66/100).

Put against its 126 tropical peers in December, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 86% of them.

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Right now the 16-day outlook shows 3 mostly-clear days (under 40% cloud) and 4 with real rain risk, with temperatures between 23°C and 32°C — which is how Angkor Wat earns its current 84/100 sun score.