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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

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

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Geneva 45, Phnom Penh 6: Geneva leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Phnom Penh 28: Geneva leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Phnom Penh 34: Geneva leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Phnom Penh 32: Geneva leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Phnom Penh 35: Geneva leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Phnom Penh 46: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 81 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Phnom Penh 32: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Phnom Penh 50: Geneva leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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.

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GenevaPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaPhnom Penh
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshKhmer
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation403 m11 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaPhnom Penh
City population211,1522,129,371
People per km²13,2803,138
Museums within 10 km343
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. 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.