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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Phnom Penh or Victoria?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Victoria 50: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Victoria 42: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Victoria 30: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Victoria 40: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Victoria 34: Phnom Penh leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Victoria 48: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Victoria.

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.

Victoria
Best match
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhVictoria
Official languageKhmerFrench, English
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation11 m23 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhVictoria
City population2,129,37191,867
People per km²3,1384,711
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.