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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Stockholm?

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

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • families
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Stockholm 57: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Stockholm 30: Phnom Penh leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Stockholm 56: Stockholm 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 Stockholm.

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.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on families 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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Stockholm has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhStockholm
Official languageKhmerSwedish
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Swedish Krona (SEK)
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 m22 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhStockholm
City population2,129,371984,748
People per km²3,1385,260
Museums within 10 km3266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.