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The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Daytona 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 Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Daytona Beach 80, Phnom Penh 6: Daytona Beach leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Phnom Penh 28: Daytona Beach leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Phnom Penh 34: Daytona Beach leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Phnom Penh 32: Daytona Beach leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Phnom Penh 35: Phnom Penh leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona 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: Daytona Beach 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

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 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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Daytona BeachPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona 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
Elevation4 m11 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachPhnom Penh
City population72,6472,129,371
People per km²4403,138
Museums within 10 km63
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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.