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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Kotor 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 Kotor for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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. Kotor 57, Phnom Penh 6: Kotor leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Phnom Penh 28: Kotor leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Phnom Penh 34: Kotor leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Phnom Penh 32: Kotor leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Phnom Penh 35: Kotor leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Kotor
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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.

Kotor in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Kotor has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Kotor's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorPhnom Penh
Official languageMontenegrinKhmer
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
Elevation10 m11 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorPhnom Penh
City population5622,129,371
People per km²-3,138
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.