VacationSelector
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Phnom Penh or Puerto Iguazu?

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

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Puerto Iguazu 28: Phnom Penh leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Puerto Iguazu 9: Phnom Penh leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Puerto Iguazu 14: Phnom Penh leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 67 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Puerto Iguazu 33: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Puerto Iguazu 17: Phnom Penh leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Puerto Iguazu 48: Phnom Penh leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Puerto Iguazu 7: Phnom Penh leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Puerto Iguazu 34: Phnom Penh leads by 16 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
Best match
44match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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
13 hdaylight a day

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300JFMAMJJASOND
Phnom PenhPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhPuerto Iguazu
Official languageKhmerSpanish
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118117 or 911
Elevation11 m162 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhPuerto Iguazu
City population2,129,37154,903
People per km²3,138-
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Phnom Penh or Puerto Iguazu somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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. 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.