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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Manaus 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 Manaus for

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

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Manaus 38, Phnom Penh 6: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Phnom Penh 28: Manaus leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Phnom Penh 34: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Phnom Penh 32: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Phnom Penh 35: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Phnom Penh 32: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 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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ManausPhnom Penh

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

Before you go

MeasureManausPhnom Penh
Official languagePortugueseKhmer
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCN60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation92 m11 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausPhnom Penh
City population2,303,7322,129,371
People per km²2023,138
Museums within 10 km133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.