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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Phnom Penh or Venice?

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
  • nightlife
  • wellness

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

Choose Venice for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Venice leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Venice 60: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Venice 94: Venice leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Venice 27: Phnom Penh leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Venice 45: Venice leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Venice 86: Venice leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Venice 45: Venice leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Venice 68: Venice leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Venice 57: Venice leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Venice 20: Phnom Penh leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Venice 62: Venice leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Venice 40: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Venice.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Venice
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhVenice
Official languageKhmerItalian
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation11 m2 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhVenice
City population2,129,371250,369
People per km²3,138602
Museums within 10 km352
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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. 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.