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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • day trips
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices

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. Osaka 34, Phnom Penh 6: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Phnom Penh 62: Osaka leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Phnom Penh 62: Osaka leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Phnom Penh 58: Osaka leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Phnom Penh 28: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Phnom Penh 34: Osaka leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Phnom Penh 32: Osaka leads by 56 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Phnom Penh 35: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Phnom Penh 46: Osaka leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Phnom Penh 32: Osaka leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Phnom Penh 50: Osaka leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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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OsakaPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaPhnom Penh
Official languageJapaneseKhmer
CurrencyYen (JPY)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation20 m11 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaPhnom Penh
City population2,751,8622,129,371
People per km²12,3403,138
Museums within 10 km443
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.