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Bratislava Castle, Bratislava
BratislavaBratislava Castle
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Bratislava by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bratislava 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 Bratislava for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • 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. Bratislava 15, Phnom Penh 6: Bratislava leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Bratislava 42, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bratislava 45, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Bratislava 40, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bratislava 55, Phnom Penh 28: Bratislava leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Bratislava 78, Phnom Penh 34: Bratislava leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Bratislava 40, Phnom Penh 32: Bratislava leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bratislava 68, Phnom Penh 35: Bratislava leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Bratislava 35, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Bratislava 62, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bratislava 48, Phnom Penh 32: Bratislava leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bratislava 36, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bratislava and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Bratislava
Best match
47match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bratislava in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 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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BratislavaPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Bratislava has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Bratislava's sunshine is measured 56 km from the centre, at Wien / Hohe Warte.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bratislava: 1991-2020 normals, Bratislava Ivanka (8.6 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBratislavaPhnom Penh
Official languageSlovakKhmer
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
Elevation152 m11 m
Main airportM. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)8 km from centre68 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBratislavaPhnom Penh
City population480,9022,129,371
People per km²1,3083,138
Museums within 10 km223
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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.