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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’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. Austin 30, Phnom Penh 6: Austin leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Phnom Penh 62: Austin leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Phnom Penh 58: Austin leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Phnom Penh 28: Austin leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Phnom Penh 34: Austin leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Phnom Penh 32: Austin leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Phnom Penh 35: Phnom Penh leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Phnom Penh 32: Austin leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 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: Austin and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 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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AustinPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinPhnom Penh
Official language-Khmer
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation149 m11 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinPhnom Penh
City population961,8552,129,371
People per km²1,2173,138
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.