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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Quito?

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

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Quito 54: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Quito 77: Quito leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Quito 40: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Quito 86: Quito leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Quito 55: Quito leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh and Quito are level on 32.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Quito 45: Quito leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Quito 40: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Quito 78: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Quito 38: Quito leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Quito 44: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Quito.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Quito
Best match
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhQuito
Official languageKhmerSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyRiel (KHR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation11 m2,850 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhQuito
City population2,129,3711,763,275
People per km²3,1384,735
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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.