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Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cocoa Beach 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 Cocoa Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • 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. Cocoa Beach 80, Phnom Penh 6: Cocoa Beach leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Cocoa Beach 32, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Cocoa Beach 12, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Cocoa Beach 27, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cocoa Beach 62, Phnom Penh 28: Cocoa Beach leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Cocoa Beach 52, Phnom Penh 34: Cocoa Beach leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cocoa Beach 72, Phnom Penh 32: Cocoa Beach leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Cocoa Beach 22, Phnom Penh 35: Phnom Penh leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Cocoa Beach 20, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Cocoa Beach 40, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cocoa Beach 14, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cocoa Beach 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: Cocoa Beach and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
Best match
44match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Cocoa BeachPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Cocoa Beach 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCocoa BeachPhnom Penh
Official language-Khmer
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureCocoa BeachPhnom Penh
City population11,3542,129,371
People per km²2903,138
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.