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La Paz
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Paz 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 La Paz for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • wellness
  • families
  • nightlife

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. La Paz 3, Phnom Penh 6: Phnom Penh leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Phnom Penh 28: La Paz leads by 54 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Phnom Penh 34: La Paz leads by 6 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Phnom Penh 35: La Paz leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Phnom Penh 86: La Paz leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Phnom Penh 32: La Paz leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

La Paz
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
11 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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Where the figures come from

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazPhnom Penh
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniKhmer
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAC50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation3,640 m11 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazPhnom Penh
City population755,7322,129,371
People per km²1,6013,138
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.