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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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. Hong Kong 50, Phnom Penh 6: Hong Kong leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Phnom Penh 62: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Phnom Penh 58: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Phnom Penh 28: Hong Kong leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Phnom Penh 34: Hong Kong leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Phnom Penh 32: Hong Kong leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Phnom Penh 35: Hong Kong leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Phnom Penh 46: Hong Kong leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Phnom Penh 32: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 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: Hong Kong and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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.

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Hong KongPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongPhnom Penh
Official languageStandard ChineseKhmer
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency number999Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation7 m11 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongPhnom Penh
City population7,413,0702,129,371
People per km²-3,138
Museums within 10 km393
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months-

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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.