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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

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

Phnom Penh or Tunis?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Tunis 60: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Tunis 33: Phnom Penh leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Tunis 45: Tunis leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh and Tunis are level on 86.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Tunis.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Tunis
Best match
56match

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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhTunis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhTunis
Official languageKhmerArabic
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation11 m4 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhTunis
City population2,129,371602,560
People per km²3,1382,834
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.