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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Santiago de Compostela?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’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, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Santiago de Compostela 45: Phnom Penh leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Santiago de Compostela 62: Santiago de Compostela leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Santiago de Compostela 35: Phnom Penh leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Santiago de Compostela 64: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Santiago de Compostela 40: Santiago de Compostela leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Santiago de Compostela 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 Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Santiago de Compostela in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
8 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 PenhSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhSantiago de Compostela
Official languageKhmerSpanish
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation11 m260 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhSantiago de Compostela
City population2,129,371100,965
People per km²3,138459
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.