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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Da Nang 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 Da Nang for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Da Nang 80, Phnom Penh 6: Da Nang leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Phnom Penh 62: Da Nang leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Phnom Penh 28: Da Nang leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Phnom Penh 34: Da Nang leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Phnom Penh 32: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Phnom Penh 35: Da Nang leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Phnom Penh 86: Da Nang leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Phnom Penh 50: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Da Nang in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Da NangPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangPhnom Penh
Official languageVietnameseKhmer
CurrencyDong (VND)Riel (KHR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation19 m11 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangPhnom Penh
City population2,819,9002,129,371
People per km²2383,138
Museums within 10 km23
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.