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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Alicante or Phnom Penh?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Alicante for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Alicante’s own page.

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Phnom Penh’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Alicante 82, Phnom Penh 6: Alicante leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Phnom Penh 62: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Phnom Penh 58: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Phnom Penh 28: Alicante leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Phnom Penh 34: Alicante leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Phnom Penh 32: Alicante leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Phnom Penh 35: Alicante leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Phnom Penh 32: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Phnom Penh.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicantePhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicantePhnom Penh
Official languageSpanishKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation3 m11 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicantePhnom Penh
City population366,2212,129,371
People per km²1,8193,138
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.