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Luxor vs Phnom Penh

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Bottom line

Phnom Penh is the warmer of the two — about 2°C on the annual average; Phnom Penh is the wetter, with 2587 mm more rain a year, and Luxor the sunnier.

Warmer Phnom Penh 2°C on the year

Wetter Phnom Penh 2587 mm more a year

Sunnier Luxor 56 pp less cloud

Colder winters Luxor 16°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Luxor and Phnom Penh, in everyday terms.

Summers

Luxor has far hotter summers

Luxor: Extreme heat
Phnom Penh: Hot

Winters

Phnom Penh has far milder winters

Luxor: Cool
Phnom Penh: Stays warm

Rain & snow

Phnom Penh is much wetter

Luxor: Very dry
Phnom Penh: Very wet

Sky

Luxor is far sunnier

Luxor: Sunny
Phnom Penh: Often grey

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Phnom Penh is the warmer of the two — about 2°C on the annual average.

Precipitation

Phnom Penh is the wetter — about 2587 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Luxor has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	23	25	30	35	39	41	41	41	39	35	29	24
Phnom Penh	31	31	32	33	32	31	30	30	30	30	31	31
Difference	+8	+6	+3	-2	-7	-10	-11	-11	-10	-5	+2	+6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	23	25	30	35	39	41
Phnom Penh	31	31	32	33	32	31
Difference	+8	+6	+3	-2	-7	-10

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	41	41	39	35	29	24
Phnom Penh	30	30	30	30	31	31
Difference	-11	-11	-10	-5	+2	+6

Avg low (°C) Phnom Penh runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	7	9	13	17	22	25	26	25	23	19	13	8
Phnom Penh	23	23	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24
Difference	+16	+15	+12	+8	+4	+1	—	—	+2	+5	+11	+15

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	7	9	13	17	22	25
Phnom Penh	23	23	25	25	26	26
Difference	+16	+15	+12	+8	+4	+1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	26	25	23	19	13	8
Phnom Penh	25	25	25	24	24	24
Difference	—	—	+2	+5	+11	+15

Precipitation (mm) Phnom Penh runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	2	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Phnom Penh	35	24	76	132	230	306	418	411	443	318	147	70
Difference	+34	+24	+75	+130	+218	+306	+417	+411	+443	+317	+144	+70

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	2	0	2	2	12	0
Phnom Penh	35	24	76	132	230	306
Difference	+34	+24	+75	+130	+218	+306

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	0	0	1	1	3	0
Phnom Penh	418	411	443	318	147	70
Difference	+417	+411	+443	+317	+144	+70

Cloud cover (%) Phnom Penh runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	24	25	25	27	24	10	9	8	9	11	15	22
Phnom Penh	55	49	54	66	83	86	88	88	90	84	71	64
Difference	+31	+25	+29	+39	+59	+77	+79	+80	+81	+73	+55	+42

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	24	25	25	27	24	10
Phnom Penh	55	49	54	66	83	86
Difference	+31	+25	+29	+39	+59	+77

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	9	8	9	11	15	22
Phnom Penh	88	88	90	84	71	64
Difference	+79	+80	+81	+73	+55	+42

Relative humidity (%) Phnom Penh runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	46	37	27	20	18	18	20	21	25	30	40	47
Phnom Penh	75	75	77	77	80	82	83	83	84	82	80	77
Difference	+29	+39	+50	+57	+62	+64	+63	+62	+59	+52	+40	+30

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	46	37	27	20	18	18
Phnom Penh	75	75	77	77	80	82
Difference	+29	+39	+50	+57	+62	+64

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	20	21	25	30	40	47
Phnom Penh	83	83	84	82	80	77
Difference	+63	+62	+59	+52	+40	+30

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Luxor trends → · Phnom Penh trends →

Methodology & sources

Luxor

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Luxor Intl, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Phnom Penh

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Phu Quoc, a weather station, about 182 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

← change Luxor · change Phnom Penh → · Luxor page · Phnom Penh page