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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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. Manchester 9, Phnom Penh 6: Manchester leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Phnom Penh 58: Manchester leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Phnom Penh 28: Manchester leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Phnom Penh 34: Manchester leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Phnom Penh 32: Manchester leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Phnom Penh 35: Manchester leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Phnom Penh 46: Manchester leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Phnom Penh 32: Manchester leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Manchester
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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.

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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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ManchesterPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterPhnom 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
Elevation38 m11 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterPhnom Penh
City population547,6272,129,371
People per km²4,7373,138
Museums within 10 km283
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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.