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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Krakow 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 Krakow for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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. Krakow 9, Phnom Penh 6: Krakow leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Phnom Penh 62: Krakow leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Phnom Penh 58: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Phnom Penh 28: Krakow leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Phnom Penh 34: Krakow leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Phnom Penh 32: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Phnom Penh 35: Krakow leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Phnom Penh 46: Krakow leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Phnom Penh 32: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KrakowPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowPhnom Penh
Official languagePolishKhmer
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCE50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation219 m11 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowPhnom Penh
City population804,2372,129,371
People per km²2,4593,138
Museums within 10 km1133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.