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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Phnom Penh 6: Fort Lauderdale leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Phnom Penh 28: Fort Lauderdale leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Phnom Penh 34: Fort Lauderdale leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Phnom Penh 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Phnom Penh 35: Phnom Penh leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Phnom Penh 46: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Phnom Penh 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
29 °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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Fort LauderdalePhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdalePhnom 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
Elevation11 m11 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdalePhnom Penh
City population182,7602,129,371
People per km²1,8293,138
Museums within 10 km63
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.