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Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Nashville 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 Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Nashville 14, Phnom Penh 6: Nashville leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Nashville and Phnom Penh are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Nashville 50, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Nashville 70, Phnom Penh 58: Nashville leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nashville 46, Phnom Penh 28: Nashville leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Nashville 52, Phnom Penh 34: Nashville leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Nashville 55, Phnom Penh 32: Nashville leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Nashville 30, Phnom Penh 35: Phnom Penh leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Nashville 42, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Nashville 30, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nashville 82, Phnom Penh 32: Nashville leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nashville 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: Nashville and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Nashville
46match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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.

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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NashvillePhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNashvillePhnom Penh
Official language-Khmer
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation182 m11 m
Main airportNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureNashvillePhnom Penh
City population689,4472,129,371
People per km²5063,138
Museums within 10 km123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.