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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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. Marseille 72, Phnom Penh 6: Marseille leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Phnom Penh 62: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Phnom Penh 62: Marseille leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Phnom Penh 28: Marseille leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Phnom Penh 34: Marseille leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Phnom Penh 32: Marseille leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Phnom Penh 35: Marseille leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Phnom Penh 46: Marseille leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Phnom Penh 32: Marseille leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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MarseillePhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseillePhnom Penh
Official languageFrenchKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseillePhnom Penh
City population886,0402,129,371
People per km²3,6833,138
Museums within 10 km273
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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.