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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Telluride?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Telluride 38: Phnom Penh leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Telluride 20: Phnom Penh leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Telluride 20: Phnom Penh leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 65 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Telluride 30: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Telluride 25: Phnom Penh leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Telluride 7: Phnom Penh leads by 79 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Telluride 35: Telluride leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Telluride 45: Phnom Penh leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Telluride.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
Best match
44match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
13 hdaylight a day

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhTelluride

Where the figures come from

Telluride 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhTelluride
Official languageKhmer-
CurrencyRiel (KHR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation11 m2,667 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhTelluride
City population2,129,3712,607
People per km²3,1381,372
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.