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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or West Palm Beach?

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 West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, West Palm Beach 52: Phnom Penh leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, West Palm Beach 42: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, West Palm Beach 36: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, West Palm Beach 58: West Palm Beach leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, West Palm Beach 55: West Palm Beach leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, West Palm Beach 38: West Palm Beach leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, West Palm Beach 23: Phnom Penh leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, West Palm Beach 44: Phnom Penh leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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Phnom Penh
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Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches 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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhWest Palm Beach
Official languageKhmer-
CurrencyRiel (KHR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation11 m6 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhWest Palm Beach
City population2,129,371117,415
People per km²3,138786
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.