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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Phnom Penh or Valletta?

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
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Valletta 55: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Valletta 46: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Valletta 38: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Valletta 50: Phnom Penh leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Valletta 32: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Valletta.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 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 PenhValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhValletta
Official languageKhmerEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation11 m56 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhValletta
City population2,129,3715,197
People per km²3,1386,496
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.