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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Oslo 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 Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Oslo 36, Phnom Penh 6: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Phnom Penh 62: Oslo leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Phnom Penh 28: Oslo leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Phnom Penh 34: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Phnom Penh 32: Oslo leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Phnom Penh 35: Oslo leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Phnom Penh 46: Oslo leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Phnom Penh 32: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Phnom Penh 50: Oslo leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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.

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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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OsloPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloPhnom Penh
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiKhmer
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation23 m11 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloPhnom Penh
City population717,7102,129,371
People per km²-3,138
Museums within 10 km603
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.