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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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. Doha 45, Phnom Penh 6: Doha leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Phnom Penh 28: Phnom Penh leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Phnom Penh 34: Phnom Penh leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Phnom Penh 32: Doha leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Phnom Penh 35: Doha leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Phnom Penh 46: Doha leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
Best match
44match

Wins on prices 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.

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °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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DohaPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaPhnom Penh
Official languageArabicKhmer
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number999Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaPhnom Penh
City population1,186,0232,129,371
People per km²8,9853,138
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). 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.