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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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. London 25, Phnom Penh 6: London leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Phnom Penh 62: London leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Phnom Penh 62: London leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Phnom Penh 58: London leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Phnom Penh 28: London leads by 29 points.
Day trips. London 90, Phnom Penh 34: London leads by 56 points.
Good for families. London 82, Phnom Penh 32: London leads by 50 points.
Getting around. London 85, Phnom Penh 35: London leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Phnom Penh 46: London leads by 49 points.
Affordability. London 15, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 71 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Phnom Penh 32: London leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 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: London and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LondonPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonPhnom Penh
Official languageEnglishKhmer
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Riel (KHR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112 or 999Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation4 m11 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonPhnom Penh
City population8,799,7282,129,371
People per km²5,5983,138
Museums within 10 km2163
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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.