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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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. Las Vegas 10, Phnom Penh 6: Las Vegas leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Phnom Penh 62: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Phnom Penh 58: Las Vegas leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Phnom Penh 28: Las Vegas leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Phnom Penh 34: Phnom Penh leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Phnom Penh 35: Las Vegas leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Phnom Penh 46: Las Vegas leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Phnom Penh 32: Las Vegas leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
Best match
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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.

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
14 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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Las VegasPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasPhnom Penh
Official language-Khmer
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation610 m11 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasPhnom Penh
City population641,9032,129,371
People per km²1,8433,138
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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.