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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Monaco 68, Phnom Penh 6: Monaco leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Phnom Penh 28: Monaco leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Phnom Penh 34: Monaco leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Phnom Penh 32: Monaco leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Phnom Penh 35: Monaco leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Phnom Penh 46: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 83 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Phnom Penh 32: Monaco leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Phnom Penh 50: Monaco leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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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MonacoPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoPhnom Penh
Official languageFrenchKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation68 m11 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoPhnom Penh
City population38,8572,129,371
People per km²18,5033,138
Museums within 10 km143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.