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A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Miami Beach 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 Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Miami Beach 92, Phnom Penh 6: Miami Beach leads by 86 points.
Food & drink. Miami Beach and Phnom Penh are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Miami Beach 52, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Miami Beach 80, Phnom Penh 58: Miami Beach leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami Beach 52, Phnom Penh 28: Miami Beach leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Miami Beach 55, Phnom Penh 34: Miami Beach leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Miami Beach 60, Phnom Penh 32: Miami Beach leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Miami Beach 58, Phnom Penh 35: Miami Beach leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Miami Beach 55, Phnom Penh 46: Miami Beach leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Miami Beach 20, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami Beach 55, Phnom Penh 32: Miami Beach leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami Beach 48, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami Beach and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Miami Beach
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °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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Miami BeachPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiami BeachPhnom Penh
Official language-Khmer
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation1 m11 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiami BeachPhnom Penh
City population82,8902,129,371
People per km²2,1093,138
Museums within 10 km143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.