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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Faro 74, Phnom Penh 6: Faro leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Phnom Penh 28: Faro leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Phnom Penh 34: Faro leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Phnom Penh 32: Faro leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Phnom Penh 35: Faro leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
14 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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FaroPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroPhnom Penh
Official languagePortugueseKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation10 m11 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroPhnom Penh
City population64,5602,129,371
People per km²3193,138
Museums within 10 km23
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.