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Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Palermo 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 Palermo for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Palermo’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. Palermo 77, Phnom Penh 6: Palermo leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Palermo 81, Phnom Penh 62: Palermo leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Palermo 80, Phnom Penh 62: Palermo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Palermo and Phnom Penh are level on 58.
Nature & outdoors. Palermo 72, Phnom Penh 28: Palermo leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Palermo 84, Phnom Penh 34: Palermo leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Palermo 44, Phnom Penh 32: Palermo leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Palermo 50, Phnom Penh 35: Palermo leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Palermo 44, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Palermo 63, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palermo 62, Phnom Penh 32: Palermo leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palermo 30, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palermo and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 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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PalermoPhnom Penh

Where the figures come from

Palermo has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalermoPhnom Penh
Official languageItalianKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation14 m11 m
Main airportFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalermoPhnom Penh
City population630,1672,129,371
People per km²3,9243,138
Museums within 10 km423
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.