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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche 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 Bariloche for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Bariloche 27, Phnom Penh 6: Bariloche leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Phnom Penh 28: Bariloche leads by 66 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Phnom Penh 34: Bariloche leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Phnom Penh 32: Bariloche leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Phnom Penh 35: Bariloche leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 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: Bariloche and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bariloche
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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.

Bariloche in July

8 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 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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BarilochePhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilochePhnom Penh
Official languageSpanishKhmer
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+7
Emergency number117 or 911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation794 m11 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilochePhnom Penh
City population136,3812,129,371
People per km²6193,138
Museums within 10 km33
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). 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.