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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 63 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Tokyo 48: Phnom Penh leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhTokyo
Official languageKhmerJapanese
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118Police 110, fire 119
Elevation11 m6 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhTokyo
City population2,129,37114,264,798
People per km²3,1386,501
Museums within 10 km3192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.