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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Granada 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 Granada for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • wellness

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. Granada 38, Phnom Penh 6: Granada leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Granada and Phnom Penh are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Phnom Penh 62: Granada leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Granada and Phnom Penh are level on 58.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Phnom Penh 28: Granada leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Phnom Penh 34: Granada leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Phnom Penh 32: Granada leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Phnom Penh 35: Granada leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Phnom Penh 32: Granada leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
14 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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GranadaPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaPhnom Penh
Official languageSpanishKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation693 m11 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaPhnom Penh
City population233,9752,129,371
People per km²2,6593,138
Museums within 10 km203
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). 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.