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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Seville?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Seville leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Seville 73: Seville leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Seville 82: Seville leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Seville 62: Seville leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Seville 52: Seville leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Seville 80: Seville leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Seville 55: Seville leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Seville 72: Seville leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Seville 55: Seville leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Seville 58: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Seville 68: Seville leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Seville 40: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Seville.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

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
13 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhSeville
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 m18 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhSeville
City population2,129,371689,423
People per km²3,1384,896
Museums within 10 km324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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.