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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Phnom Penh or Pisa?

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 Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Pisa for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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. Phnom Penh 6, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Pisa 55: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Pisa 40: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Pisa 62: Pisa leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Pisa 38: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Pisa 55: Phnom Penh leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Pisa 45: Phnom Penh leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Pisa.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhPisa
Official languageKhmerItalian
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation11 m4 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhPisa
City population2,129,37188,737
People per km²3,138479
Museums within 10 km327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.