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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala 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 Antigua Guatemala for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

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. Antigua Guatemala and Phnom Penh are level on 6.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Phnom Penh 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Phnom Penh 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Phnom Penh 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Phnom Penh 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Phnom Penh 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antigua Guatemala in July

25 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Antigua Guatemala 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaPhnom Penh
Official languageSpanishKhmer
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation1,582 m11 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaPhnom Penh
City population59,0912,129,371
People per km²-3,138
Museums within 10 km23
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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). 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.