Kep (town)
Kep
ក្រុងកែប Krong Kaeb | |
|---|---|
The kep crab market | |
| Nickname: Côte de la perle d'Agathe (pre-1970s) | |
Kep | |
| Coordinates: 10°29′15″N 104°19′15″E / 10.48750°N 104.32083°E | |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Province | Kep |
| Municipality | Kep |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 35,990 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Website | https://kampot.city/kep |
Kep (ក្រុងកែប), or Krong Kaeb, is the capital of Kep Province in southern Cambodia. It lies near Kep National Park. The small city has a population of 35,990. The city is home to many abandoned villas left from by the French Colonial authorities and the elites of Cambodia during the 70s due to the Khmer Civil War and the Khmer Rouge.
Climate
| Climate data for Kep (1982–2024) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
23.5 (74.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19.4 (0.76) |
20.0 (0.79) |
76.7 (3.02) |
89.3 (3.52) |
107.6 (4.24) |
136.3 (5.37) |
197.6 (7.78) |
297.9 (11.73) |
200.7 (7.90) |
106.5 (4.19) |
92.0 (3.62) |
26.4 (1.04) |
1,370.4 (53.96) |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "General Population Census of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2019 – Final Results" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics. Ministry of Planning. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "World Weather Information Service". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 17 March 2026.