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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Portland?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Portland leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Portland 68: Portland leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Portland 38: Phnom Penh leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Portland 52: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Portland 84: Portland leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Portland 58: Portland leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Portland 55: Portland leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Portland 62: Portland leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Portland 52: Portland leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Portland 38: Phnom Penh leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Portland 55: Portland leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Portland 42: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Portland.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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
13 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhPortland
Official languageKhmer-
CurrencyRiel (KHR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation11 m152 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhPortland
City population2,129,371652,503
People per km²3,1381,736
Museums within 10 km317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.