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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hobart 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 Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Hobart 30, Phnom Penh 6: Hobart leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Phnom Penh 28: Hobart leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Phnom Penh 34: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Phnom Penh 32: Hobart leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Phnom Penh 35: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Phnom Penh 32: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 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: Hobart and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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.

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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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HobartPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartPhnom Penh
Official languageEnglishKhmer
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number000Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation54 m11 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartPhnom Penh
City population197,4512,129,371
People per km²1163,138
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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.