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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Ubud?

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
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Ubud for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Ubud 60: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Ubud 58: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Ubud 15: Phnom Penh leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Ubud 10: Phnom Penh leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Ubud 80: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Ubud.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhUbud

Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhUbud
Official languageKhmerIndonesian
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation11 m210 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhUbud
City population2,129,371-
People per km²3,138-
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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. 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.