Kampot weather in May
May in Kampot: sweltering, soaked, with clean air — a gamble, with 27 rainy days.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#9 of 12 months in Kampot · #1232 of 1413 destinations to visit in May · comfort 55/100 (tier D)
- Days
- 31°C
- Nights
- 26°C
- Wet days
- 27
- Sun
- 9.8 h
- Humidity
- 85%
- Daylight
- 13 h
Traveller notes on Kampot in May
Other months in Kampot
Kampot's forum, including a poster with multiple years of July/August visits, describes a consistent pattern: rain on roughly three of every four days, but concentrated as an intense downpour for an hour or two in the late afternoon or overnight, leaving mornings and early afternoons generally clear for getting out and about. One visitor did hit a genuinely wetter-than-usual stretch in late July, but the forum consensus was that these short, sharp squalls are normal for the season and not a reason to skip Kampot or nearby Kep.
Forum posters name December-January as the best weather stretch of the year here - dry, cool mornings, blue skies and a light breeze, with humidity noticeably lower than the rest of the year. The clear trade-off: this is also peak tourist season, so posters note higher prices and more crowds than the shoulder months. For Kampot specifically, posters describe November-December as particularly gorgeous - dry and comfortably low-humidity, though occasionally dusty given the dry conditions. Posters do flag that 'cool' is relative here - what feels cool to a Cambodian local wearing a light jacket may still feel warm to a visitor from a genuinely cold climate, so temperature expectations should be calibrated accordingly.
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Kampot climate normals — May
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Kampot in May
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Shoulder seasonschool holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Kampot's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherKampot's weather peaks December–February, best around January.
Best weatherFair weatherToughest weather
What's on in Kampot in May
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Nature
Kampot pepper harvest
1 Feb – 15 May · usuallyPicking season on the trellises inland from town, which is when the farms are worth visiting and when the green pepper actually turns up fresh on a plate.
- Season
Bokor in cloud
15 May – 31 Oct · usuallyFog seasonThe plateau above town sits in the cloud base for most of the wet months, so the drive up buys you a white wall where the view is meant to be. Go early or not at all.
- Nature
Salt harvest on the flats
15 Dec – 15 May · usuallyThe pans between town and Kep are worked through the dry months, with the rakes out at first light and cones of salt along the road. The first rain ends it for the year.
- Season
Wet season
MonsoonRisk27 rainy days and about 224 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.
from the climate normals
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Kampot — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
Where is Kampot?
Kampot in May — FAQ
- Is May a good time to visit Kampot?
- May in Kampot: sweltering, soaked, with clean air — a gamble, with 27 rainy days. It ranks #9 of 12 months for Kampot on SeasonMap's comfort score (55/100).
- What is the weather like in Kampot in May?
- In May, Kampot averages a daily high of 30.6°C and a low of 26.4°C, with about 223.9 mm of rain over roughly 26.8 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Kampot in May?
- Kampot has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 39 in May.
Within 300 km: Phu Quoc's Phu Quoc visa exemption on 1 Jan – 31 Dec, and Ho Chi Minh City's Reunification Day and May Day on 30 Apr – 1 May.