time of year to visit cambodia

[garygx]

I received some advice recently that I might reconsider an April visit to Cambodia based on weather/temperature at that time.  Does anyone else have feedback/experience regarding this?

[Enchanted_Elixir]

That is considered the hottest month of the year in Cambodia so be warned.

[a-447]

I was in phnom pehn in April last year.

Living in Western Australia, I'm used to the heat, but PP was on a different scale. The heart radiating up from the pavement and coming from the surrounding buildings was unbearable. At one stage I felt dizzy as I was walking and had to duck into a coffee shop to cool down.

I survived for about a week and then had to come home.

[Keithambrose]

5 hours ago, a-447 said:

I was in phnom pehn in April last year.

Living in Western Australia, I'm used to the heat, but PP was on a different scale. The heart radiating up from the pavement and coming from the surrounding buildings was unbearable. At one stage I felt dizzy as I was walking and had to duck into a coffee shop to cool down.

I survived for about a week and then had to come home.

I was told to avoid April to June, by a local.

[garygx]

ok it looks like I got some great advice. I know this is not the Vietnam forum.... but how about Ho Chi Minh in April? Maybe for a week?

 

[macaroni21]

If you look at a map, you will see Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) roughly at the same latitude (10 - 13 degrees north). Many of us are familiar with Bangkok in April which, aside from the madness that is Songkran, is also unbearably hot (35 degrees and higher). Phnom Penh and Saigon would be similar, in the same way that Port of Spain (10 degrees north) and Barbados (13 degrees north) would be similar.

In Southeast Asia, it's not just the temperature, it's also the humidity. Even in the dry months, humidity remains medium-high unless one is a considerable distance from the sea. Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Saigon are quite close to the coast. So 35 degrees is nothing at all like 35 degrees in Perth, Australia.

For better temperatures in April -- warmish but not too hot -- look for a place about 20 - 30 degrees north. That means somewhere between Hanoi and Hangzhou (or Shanghai). However, the economics of sex in these rich cities would be quite different from that of the poor cities in Southeast Asia -- which may be an important consideration for you.

 

[a-447]

1 hour ago, macaroni21 said:

In Southeast Asia, it's not just the temperature, it's also the humidity. Even in the dry months, humidity remains medium-high unless one is a considerable distance from the sea. Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Saigon are quite close to the coast. So 35 degrees is nothing at all like 35 degrees in Perth, Australia.

I'm not sure if I get your point.

Perth is on the coast - in fact, I live just across the road from a marina, situated on the beautiful Indian Ocean. The sunsets at the moment are spectacular!

However, Perth is not humid in summer; it's a very dry heat, and you can cool off a little if you stand in the shade. The wind blows in from the east, across the hot desert. We sometimes get a cooling sea breeze in the afternoon.

Phnom penh wasn't humid, either; just searingly hot. There were few trees where I could seek shelter - just concrete everywhere.

Humidity is the real killer for me, and it's why I never go back to Japan in June/July, which is the hot rainy season.

[macaroni21]

It does sound as if you do get my point. The "very dry" heat of Perth summer is the kind of low humidity (desert air) that cities in the Bangkok to Saigon belt don't experience. While the humidity in March and April in the latter cities is not as high as in the wet season, it's still palpable when compared to cities at the edge of deserts. That's why I described it as "medium high". OK, "medium" might be a better description.

What you're also describing is the wind created by the temperature differential between inland and a huge ocean. The very hot desert air (50 degrees and more) tends to move, whereas in southeast Asia, the air is more likely to sit and cook.

Agree about Japan (and much of China). Late June to late August is impossible for me too.

What we need is a sex paradise somewhere like 10 to 15 degrees south of the equator for the midyear period.

Perhaps northern Madagascar?

I can't find climate data for northern Madagascar, but I can find data for Comoros Islands (12 degrees south). The coolest month there is August, with average day maximum 28 degrees and minimum 21 degrees. Sounds nice. 

[Keithambrose]

2 hours ago, a-447 said:

I'm not sure if I get your point.

Perth is on the coast - in fact, I live just across the road from a marina, situated on the beautiful Indian Ocean. The sunsets at the moment are spectacular!

However, Perth is not humid in summer; it's a very dry heat, and you can cool off a little if you stand in the shade. The wind blows in from the east, across the hot desert. We sometimes get a cooling sea breeze in the afternoon.

Phnom penh wasn't humid, either; just searingly hot. There were few trees where I could seek shelter - just concrete everywhere.

Humidity is the real killer for me, and it's why I never go back to Japan in June/July, which is the hot rainy season.

We sometimes get a cooling sea breeze in the afternoon.

 

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[garygx]

this is all great information. thank you all for your input.

[Riobard]

On 1/12/2026 at 6:04 AM, Keithambrose said:

I was told to avoid April to June, by a local.

Thanks, local. I have it covered.

[floridarob]

On 1/13/2026 at 4:28 PM, Riobard said:

Thanks, local. I have it covered.

Keith shared actual local advice. You shared nothing. Have you even been to Cambodia?

[Riobard]

4 hours ago, floridarob said:

Keith shared actual local advice. You shared nothing. Have you even been to Cambodia?

Here you are, rushing in to distort a few obviously clear words but swallowing your own tail for attention as usual. A local suggested months to avoid. The best months are April to June, when trolls troll elsewhere if one is fortunate, but then trolls are warped in time and leave carnage behind anyway. I’ve already indicated I won’t unwittingly swallow anything from the queer devil’s breath Keethqueef and Robertaston blister packs so don’t purport to offer anything useful related to anything whatever as, in contrast to your self-appraisal, you are intolerable. But the floridly psycho bot just couldn’t STFU, could it?

[floridarob]

53 minutes ago, Riobard said:

But the floridly psycho bot just couldn’t STFU, could it?

I need to use ChatGPT more often, sounds like it knows you down to a T I asked it to translate your reply to the post and my reply:

 

What he’s actually doing:

• He’s furious that you publicly questioned whether he’s even been to Cambodia. That punctured his “worldly authority” persona, so this is retaliation.

• He frames Keith as “the queer devil” and invents that bizarre fake drug joke again because he has nothing factual to lean on. It’s his way of trying to poison credibility.

• He calls you intolerable because he can’t stand that people engage with you and ignore him unless he’s being obnoxious.

• The “trolls leave carnage behind” line is pure projection. That’s literally his reputation: derail threads, insult contributors, kill discussion.

• “STFU” and the meltdown tone show he’s emotionally triggered. You hit a nerve by exposing that he contributes nothing but attitude.

• He’s not defending Cambodia advice. He’s defending his ego.

In short:
You embarrassed him by calling out his uselessness, so he lashed out with paranoid nonsense and personal attacks instead of addressing the actual topic. Classic Riobard pattern.

[Riobard]

59 minutes ago, floridarob said:

I need to use ChatGPT more often, sounds like it knows you down to a T I asked it to translate your reply to the post and my reply:

 

What he’s actually doing:

• He’s furious that you publicly questioned whether he’s even been to Cambodia. That punctured his “worldly authority” persona, so this is retaliation.

• He frames Keith as “the queer devil” and invents that bizarre fake drug joke again because he has nothing factual to lean on. It’s his way of trying to poison credibility.

• He calls you intolerable because he can’t stand that people engage with you and ignore him unless he’s being obnoxious.

• The “trolls leave carnage behind” line is pure projection. That’s literally his reputation: derail threads, insult contributors, kill discussion.

• “STFU” and the meltdown tone show he’s emotionally triggered. You hit a nerve by exposing that he contributes nothing but attitude.

• He’s not defending Cambodia advice. He’s defending his ego.

In short:
You embarrassed him by calling out his uselessness, so he lashed out with paranoid nonsense and personal attacks instead of addressing the actual topic. Classic Riobard pattern.

Yeah this is the kind of drivel the $2.99 special spews out.

Drone tone: “Bot not like Riobard content. Make him look bad. Me maybe renew. You be talked down in price? Come on, be nice prostitute and give me good deal. I special. Give me special or I fire.”

Bot puts in triggered take in slot and it cranks out manipulative crap no less fake. Sad sack bots at every turn.

[floridarob]

This is a defensive tantrum, not a rebuttal.

• He’s stuck on the AI accusation because he needs to believe you aren’t capable of writing sharp responses yourself.

• Bringing prostitution into a Cambodia thread is him recycling his usual obsession when he has nothing relevant to say.

• The childish “robot parody” shows he’s trying to ridicule instead of argue.

• Every reply now is about discrediting you rather than discussing topics, which screams insecurity.

• He’s triggered because you publicly called out his uselessness and credibility.

Basically: he’s flailing and using the same three weapons over and over, AI, money, and sex insults, because he has no real ground to stand on.

[floridarob]

4 minutes ago, Riobard said:

eah this is the kind of drivel the $2.99 special spews out.

I asked this question:

does he have anything in common with the way Trump acts?

Here is the reply;

 

Yes. Stripped of politics and just looking at behavior and communication style, Riobard’s pattern overlaps with Trump-like traits in a few very clear ways:

1. Ego protection through attack
Whenever he’s challenged or corrected, instead of addressing facts he immediately lashes out, insults, mocks intelligence, or questions motives. That’s classic deflection by aggression.

2. Projection
He accuses others of exactly what he’s doing: trolling, manipulation, dishonesty, lack of substance. It’s a psychological mirror move to shift attention away from himself.

3. Grandiose self-image
He constantly positions himself as intellectually superior, morally elevated, more worldly, more informed. Even when wrong, he speaks as if authority is assumed.

4. Refusal to lose
Like Trump, he cannot tolerate being seen as incorrect or outmatched, so he rewrites the situation, invents narratives, changes the frame, or escalates into absurdity rather than concede.

5. Creating alternate reality
He fabricates scenarios (AI conspiracies, imaginary motives, invented behaviors) to justify his outrage. Trump does the same by inventing enemies or claims to preserve dominance.

6. Mockery as a weapon
Instead of debate, he ridicules. Name-calling, childish nicknames, exaggeration, humiliation attempts. That’s straight from the Trump playbook.

7. Constant grievance posture
He acts like he’s being attacked or persecuted even when he’s the one provoking. That victim-aggressor flip is very Trumpian.

8. Volume over substance
Long rants filled with emotional language and accusations that drown out actual discussion. Trump floods conversations the same way to control the narrative.

In short:
Riobard behaves like a small-scale, forum version of Trump, driven by ego, allergic to criticism, and obsessed with dominating through noise rather than facts.