Best time to go cycling in Cambodia
The Cambodian countryside is at its most lush during monsoon season, and while Angkor Wat will always be busy, it’s substantially less so when it rains.![]()
The best time for a cycling holiday in Cambodia is between November and January, the coolest month of the year when daytime temperatures are usually around 26°C. You can actually cycle Cambodia at any time, indeed many companies do run trips all year-round, but at the height of the dry season the heat can be hard to bear, and the rainy season brings heavy showers and mud. The cooler months are naturally the most popular time of year for all Cambodia holidays, not just for cycling, so if you want to miss the worst of the crowds, consider a shoulder month such as October, when the heat is not too bad but the rains are easing off.
Cycling in Cambodia, month by month
Our Cambodia cycling Holidays
Cambodia & Vietnam community cycling holiday
Explore Phnom Penh to Saigon and everything in between
From
AU $2490
12 days
ex flights
Cambodia cycling holidays
Cycle Cambodia & choose the difference you make
From
AU $2290
11 days
ex flights
Cycling holiday to Indochina and Angkor Wat
Cross three countries with contrasting recent histories
From
£3149 to £3799
16 days
inc UK flights
7 day cycling holiday in Cambodia
Cycle Cambodia and choose the difference you make
From
AU $1690
7 days
ex flights
Bangkok to Saigon cycling holiday
Explore the highlights of South East Asia by bike
From
£2632 to £3355
16 days
inc UK flights
Ho Chi Minh City to Angkor Wat cycling tours
Cycle through untouched Vietnamese and Cambodian villages
From
£1590 to £1650
12 days
ex flights
Cambodia Weather Chart
MIN °C
MAX °C
RAIN (mm)
JAN
21
31
10
FEB
22
32
20
MAR
23
34
10
APR
26
35
10
MAY
26
34
20
JUN
24
33
20
JUL
24
32
40
AUG
26
32
40
SEP
25
31
60
OCT
24
30
50
NOV
23
30
40
DEC
22
30
10
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Expert tips on when to cycle in Cambodia
Eric Beasant from our supplier World Expeditions recommends rainy season travel:
“Our routes are always accessible, even during the height of the monsoon season. It’s actually somewhat rare to have a full day of rain and the daily downpour can be a relief from the heat. Although high season does offer the best weather, it’s the busiest time at major tourist sites such as the temples of Angkor; people sometimes don’t realise quite how popular Angkor Wat is. So, the wet season can be better for those who are willing to tough out a bit of rain, and those moody, cloudy skies also create great backdrops for photographers. I would recommend not travelling in Cambodia during April which is the hottest month, just before the rains begin. Temperatures can rise above 40°C, and the land becomes brown and dusty.”
More about Cambodia cycling
Take only photos, leave only tyre tracks is the over-arching ethos of our guide to Cambodia cycling holidays.
Outside the major cities such as Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, daily life in Cambodia goes on much as it has done for generations.
Our tips for cycling Angkor Wat will show you around the world’s largest temple complex, a vast archaeological park sprawling over some 1690sq km.
A Cambodia cycling holiday can seamlessly be extended into an Indochina overland cycling tour, letting you easily cross borders into Thailand and Vietnam.
Cambodia is an exotic, illuminating and above all very welcoming destination for a cycling trip, and that goes double when the kids come along for the ride.
We’ve put together some solid-gold Cambodia cycling holiday advice from those that have already been, there, done that and bought the krama.
