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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cork 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 Cork for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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. Cork 25, Phnom Penh 6: Cork leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Phnom Penh 28: Cork leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Phnom Penh 34: Cork leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Phnom Penh 32: Cork leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Phnom Penh 35: Cork leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Phnom Penh 32: Cork leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cork
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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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CorkPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkPhnom Penh
Official languageEnglish, IrishKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkPhnom Penh
City population222,3332,129,371
People per km²5,9613,138
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.