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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Porto?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Porto for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Porto leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Porto 70: Porto leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Porto 68: Porto leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Porto 65: Porto leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Porto 64: Porto leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Porto 79: Porto leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Porto 52: Porto leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Porto 66: Porto leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Porto 52: Porto leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Porto 62: Phnom Penh leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Porto 52: Porto leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Porto 34: Phnom Penh leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Porto.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhPorto
Official languageKhmerPortuguese
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation11 m104 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhPorto
City population2,129,371273,476
People per km²3,1386,606
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.