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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • 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. Lisbon 50, Phnom Penh 6: Lisbon leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Phnom Penh 62: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Phnom Penh 62: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Phnom Penh 58: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Phnom Penh 28: Lisbon leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Phnom Penh 34: Lisbon leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Phnom Penh 32: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Phnom Penh 35: Lisbon leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Phnom Penh 46: Lisbon leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Phnom Penh 32: Lisbon leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 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: Lisbon and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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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LisbonPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonPhnom Penh
Official languagePortugueseKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation100 m11 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonPhnom Penh
City population545,7962,129,371
People per km²5,4533,138
Museums within 10 km803
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.