Kampong Chhnang
City in Cambodia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kampong Chhnang 2019-1: Io Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kampong Chhnang is a city in Cambodia. About 75,244 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Cambodia in our atlas.
It lies at 12.25° N, 104.67° E, about 21 m (69 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Phnom_Penh time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kampong Chhnang. Green dots: other major cities of Cambodia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kampong Chhnang has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 36°C (97°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 22°C (71°F). Around 1,468 mm (58 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
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
- Phnom Penh · 81 km
- Dangkao · 86 km
- Takeo · 140 km
- Preaek Prasab · 149 km
- Siem Reap · 151 km
- Battambang · 185 km
- Sihanoukville · 220 km
- Paoy Paet · 277 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1831167 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1048147 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kampong Chhnang 2019-1: Io Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)