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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amman 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 Amman for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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. Amman 22, Phnom Penh 6: Amman leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Amman and Phnom Penh are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Phnom Penh 28: Amman leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Phnom Penh 34: Amman leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Phnom Penh 32: Amman leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Phnom Penh 35: Phnom Penh leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Phnom Penh 50: Amman leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amman in July

33 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmmanPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Amman has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Amman's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Mafraq.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amman: 1994-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Amman Airport (6 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanPhnom Penh
Official languageArabicKhmer
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation776 m11 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanPhnom Penh
City population4,007,5262,129,371
People per km²2,3853,138
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.