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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

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. Madrid 5, Phnom Penh 6: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Phnom Penh 62: Madrid leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Phnom Penh 62: Madrid leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Phnom Penh 58: Madrid leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Phnom Penh 28: Madrid leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Phnom Penh 34: Madrid leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Phnom Penh 32: Madrid leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Phnom Penh 35: Madrid leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Phnom Penh 46: Madrid leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Phnom Penh 32: Madrid leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 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: Madrid and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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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MadridPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridPhnom Penh
Official languageSpanishKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation663 m11 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridPhnom Penh
City population3,506,7302,129,371
People per km²5,8013,138
Museums within 10 km883
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.