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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

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

Biarritz 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 Biarritz for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Biarritz’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. Biarritz 68, Phnom Penh 6: Biarritz leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz and Phnom Penh are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Phnom Penh 28: Biarritz leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Phnom Penh 34: Biarritz leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Phnom Penh 32: Biarritz leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Phnom Penh 35: Biarritz leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Phnom Penh 32: Biarritz leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Phnom Penh 50: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches 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.

Biarritz in July

24 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
97 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Biarritz: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Biarritz (2.5 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzPhnom Penh
Official languageFrenchKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzPhnom Penh
City population26,2062,129,371
People per km²2,2403,138
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months-

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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). 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.