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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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 St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Phnom Penh leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageKhmer-
CurrencyRiel (KHR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation11 m134 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population2,129,371258,308
People per km²3,138725
Museums within 10 km313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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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. 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.