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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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. Dubrovnik 74, Phnom Penh 6: Dubrovnik leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Phnom Penh 62: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Phnom Penh 28: Dubrovnik leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Phnom Penh 34: Dubrovnik leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Phnom Penh 32: Dubrovnik leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Phnom Penh 35: Dubrovnik leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
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.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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DubrovnikPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikPhnom Penh
Official languageCroatianKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation10 m11 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikPhnom Penh
City population41,5622,129,371
People per km²-3,138
Museums within 10 km73
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.