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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The City Palace from Lake Pichola, Udaipur
UdaipurThe City Palace from Lake Pichola

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Udaipur by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Udaipur?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Udaipur for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Udaipur’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, Udaipur 5: Phnom Penh leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Udaipur 42: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Udaipur 66: Udaipur leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Udaipur 18: Phnom Penh leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Udaipur 44: Udaipur leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Udaipur 68: Udaipur leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh and Udaipur are level on 32.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Udaipur 28: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Udaipur 48: Udaipur leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh and Udaipur are level on 86.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh and Udaipur are level on 32.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Udaipur 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 Udaipur.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Udaipur
43match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Udaipur in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
257 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhUdaipur

Where the figures come from

Udaipur 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). Udaipur: 1978-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Udaipur Dabok (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhUdaipur
Official languageKhmerHindi, English
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118108 or 112
Elevation11 m578 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsMaharana Pratap Airport (UDR)22 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhUdaipur
City population2,129,371451,100
People per km²3,13812,192
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.