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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Goreme 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 Goreme for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • 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. Goreme 3, Phnom Penh 6: Phnom Penh leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, Phnom Penh 28: Goreme leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Phnom Penh 34: Goreme leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Phnom Penh 32: Goreme leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, Phnom Penh 35: Goreme leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 42, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
Best match
44match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 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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GoremePhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremePhnom Penh
Official languageTurkishKhmer
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation1,100 m11 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureGoremePhnom Penh
City population2,0002,129,371
People per km²203,138
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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.