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Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Palm Beach 82, Phnom Penh 6: Palm Beach leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Phnom Penh 28: Palm Beach leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Phnom Penh 34: Palm Beach leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Phnom Penh 32: Palm Beach leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Phnom Penh 35: Phnom Penh leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Phnom Penh 46: Palm Beach leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Phnom Penh 32: Palm Beach leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Phnom Penh 50: Palm Beach leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Palm Beach
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Palm BeachPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachPhnom Penh
Official language-Khmer
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation2 m11 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachPhnom Penh
City population9,2452,129,371
People per km²3223,138
Museums within 10 km43
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.