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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Marmaris 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 Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

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. Marmaris 80, Phnom Penh 6: Marmaris leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Phnom Penh 58: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Phnom Penh 28: Marmaris leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Phnom Penh 34: Marmaris leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Phnom Penh 32: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Phnom Penh 35: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris and Phnom Penh are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Marmaris
Best match
51match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MarmarisPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisPhnom Penh
Official languageTurkishKhmer
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation7 m11 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisPhnom Penh
City population97,8182,129,371
People per km²1113,138
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.