Battambang
City in Cambodia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Battambang.: Milei.vencel, Hungary, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Battambang is a city in Cambodia. About 119,251 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Cambodia in our atlas.
It lies at 13.10° N, 103.20° E, about 18 m (59 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Phnom_Penh time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Battambang. Green dots: other major cities of Cambodia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Battambang has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 20°C (68°F). Around 1,821 mm (72 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in CambodiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Siem Reap · 77 km
- Paoy Paet · 92 km
- Kampong Chhnang · 185 km
- Phnom Penh · 252 km
- Dangkao · 255 km
- Sihanoukville · 279 km
- Takeo · 290 km
- Preaek Prasab · 318 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1831797 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q748336 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Battambang.: Milei.vencel, Hungary, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)