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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Spezia 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 Spezia for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. La Spezia 60, Phnom Penh 6: La Spezia leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Phnom Penh 28: La Spezia leads by 51 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Phnom Penh 34: La Spezia leads by 53 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Phnom Penh 32: La Spezia leads by 16 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Phnom Penh 35: La Spezia leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 11 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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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La SpeziaPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaPhnom Penh
Official languageItalianKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation3 m11 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaPhnom Penh
City population92,1192,129,371
People per km²1,7923,138
Museums within 10 km123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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. 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.