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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Gdansk 40, Phnom Penh 6: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Phnom Penh 62: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Phnom Penh 28: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Phnom Penh 34: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Phnom Penh 32: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Phnom Penh 35: Gdansk leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Phnom Penh 32: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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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Where the figures come from

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskPhnom Penh
Official languagePolishKhmer
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCE50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation11 m11 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskPhnom Penh
City population487,8342,129,371
People per km²7143,138
Museums within 10 km343
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.