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Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Banff 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 Banff for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Banff 12, Phnom Penh 6: Banff leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Banff 32, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Banff 22, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Banff 30, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Banff 98, Phnom Penh 28: Banff leads by 70 points.
Day trips. Banff 25, Phnom Penh 34: Phnom Penh leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Banff 60, Phnom Penh 32: Banff leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Banff 55, Phnom Penh 35: Banff leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Banff 28, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Banff 18, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Banff and Phnom Penh are level on 32.
Wellness & relaxation. Banff 54, Phnom Penh 50: Banff leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Banff and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Banff
39match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
Best match
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.

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
16 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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BanffPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBanffPhnom Penh
Official languageFrench, EnglishKhmer
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation1,400 m11 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBanffPhnom Penh
City population8,3052,129,371
People per km²1,7303,138
Museums within 10 km43
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.