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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mostar 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 Mostar for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • 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. Mostar 24, Phnom Penh 6: Mostar leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Phnom Penh 28: Mostar leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Phnom Penh 34: Mostar leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Phnom Penh 32: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Phnom Penh 35: Mostar leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
Best match
44match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MostarPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarPhnom Penh
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianKhmer
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation60 m11 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarPhnom Penh
City population105,4482,129,371
People per km²903,138
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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.