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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Montevideo 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 Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Montevideo 55, Phnom Penh 6: Montevideo leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo 54, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Phnom Penh 28: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Phnom Penh 34: Montevideo leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Phnom Penh 32: Montevideo leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Phnom Penh 35: Montevideo leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Phnom Penh 32: Montevideo leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 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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MontevideoPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoPhnom Penh
Official language-Khmer
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation41 m11 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoPhnom Penh
City population1,302,9542,129,371
People per km²1,7853,138
Museums within 10 km363
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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.