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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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. Antwerp 15, Phnom Penh 6: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp and Phnom Penh are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Phnom Penh 62: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Phnom Penh 28: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Phnom Penh 34: Antwerp leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Phnom Penh 32: Antwerp leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Phnom Penh 35: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Phnom Penh 46: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Phnom Penh 32: Antwerp leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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AntwerpPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpPhnom Penh
Official languageFrench, German, DutchKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation7 m11 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpPhnom Penh
City population529,2472,129,371
People per km²2,5423,138
Museums within 10 km383
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91

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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). 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.