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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices

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. Berlin 38, Phnom Penh 6: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Phnom Penh 62: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Phnom Penh 62: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Phnom Penh 58: Berlin leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Phnom Penh 28: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Phnom Penh 34: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Phnom Penh 32: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Phnom Penh 35: Berlin leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Phnom Penh 46: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Phnom Penh 32: Berlin leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Phnom Penh 50: Berlin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 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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BerlinPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinPhnom Penh
Official languageGermanKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation34 m11 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinPhnom Penh
City population3,700,5772,129,371
People per km²4,1533,138
Museums within 10 km1573
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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.