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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Salt Lake City?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Salt Lake City leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Salt Lake City 40: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Salt Lake City 42: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Salt Lake City 30: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 62 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh and Salt Lake City are level on 34.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Salt Lake City 36: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Salt Lake City 40: Phnom Penh leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Salt Lake City 38: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Phnom Penh
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Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
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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
13 hdaylight a day

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °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 PenhSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhSalt Lake City
Official languageKhmer-
CurrencyRiel (KHR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation11 m1,288 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhSalt Lake City
City population2,129,371199,723
People per km²3,138690
Museums within 10 km312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.