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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Baku 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 Baku for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Baku’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. Baku 40, Phnom Penh 6: Baku leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Baku and Phnom Penh are level on 62.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Phnom Penh 28: Baku leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Phnom Penh 34: Baku leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Phnom Penh 32: Baku leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Phnom Penh 35: Baku leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Phnom Penh 46: Baku leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Phnom Penh 32: Baku leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 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: Baku and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Baku
Best match
48match

Wins on beaches 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.

Baku in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuPhnom Penh
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageKhmer
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+7
Emergency number102 or 112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation-28 m11 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuPhnom Penh
City population2,300,5002,129,371
People per km²1,0753,138
Museums within 10 km503
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.