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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Tangier?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tangier for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Tangier 58: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Tangier 57: Phnom Penh leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Tangier 30: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Tangier 35: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Tangier 42: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Tangier 76: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Tangier 28: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh and Tangier are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Tangier.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhTangier
Official languageKhmerArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation11 m56 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhTangier
City population2,129,3711,275,428
People per km²3,1386,393
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.