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The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Malaga 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 Malaga for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Malaga’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. Malaga 77, Phnom Penh 6: Malaga leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, Phnom Penh 62: Malaga leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, Phnom Penh 62: Malaga leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, Phnom Penh 58: Malaga leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, Phnom Penh 28: Malaga leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, Phnom Penh 34: Malaga leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, Phnom Penh 32: Malaga leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, Phnom Penh 35: Malaga leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, Phnom Penh 46: Malaga leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, Phnom Penh 32: Malaga leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches 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.

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 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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MalagaPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMalagaPhnom 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
Elevation18 m11 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaPhnom Penh
City population599,0632,129,371
People per km²1,5173,138
Museums within 10 km323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.