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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • 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. Izmir 62, Phnom Penh 6: Izmir leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Phnom Penh 62: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Phnom Penh 58: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Phnom Penh 28: Izmir leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Phnom Penh 34: Izmir leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Phnom Penh 32: Izmir leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Phnom Penh 35: Izmir leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Phnom Penh 46: Izmir leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Phnom Penh 32: Izmir leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Phnom Penh 50: Izmir leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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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IzmirPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirPhnom 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
Elevation2 m11 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirPhnom Penh
City population4,493,2422,129,371
People per km²4,7603,138
Museums within 10 km293
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.