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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Portofino?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Portofino for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: Portofino leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Portofino 36: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Portofino 22: Phnom Penh leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Portofino 14: Phnom Penh leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Portofino 33: Portofino leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Portofino 29: Phnom Penh leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Portofino 9: Phnom Penh leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Portofino 7: Phnom Penh leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Portofino 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 Portofino.

Your match

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Phnom Penh
Best match
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Wins on beaches 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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhPortofino

Where the figures come from

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhPortofino
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 m20 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhPortofino
City population2,129,371355
People per km²3,138142
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.