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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Catania 72, Phnom Penh 6: Catania leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Phnom Penh 62: Catania leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Catania and Phnom Penh are level on 62.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Phnom Penh 58: Catania leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Phnom Penh 28: Catania leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Phnom Penh 34: Catania leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Phnom Penh 32: Catania leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Phnom Penh 35: Catania leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Phnom Penh 32: Catania leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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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CataniaPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaPhnom Penh
Official languageItalianKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation7 m11 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaPhnom Penh
City population311,5842,129,371
People per km²1,7043,138
Museums within 10 km253
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.