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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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. Bordeaux 50, Phnom Penh 6: Bordeaux leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Phnom Penh 62: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Phnom Penh 62: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Phnom Penh 28: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Phnom Penh 34: Bordeaux leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Phnom Penh 32: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Phnom Penh 35: Bordeaux leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Phnom Penh 46: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Phnom Penh 32: Bordeaux leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 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: Bordeaux and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 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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BordeauxPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxPhnom 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
Elevation1 m11 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxPhnom Penh
City population267,9912,129,371
People per km²5,4253,138
Museums within 10 km183
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.