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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Whistler?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Whistler 40: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Whistler 20: Phnom Penh leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Whistler 42: Phnom Penh leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 69 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Whistler 30: Phnom Penh leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Whistler 30: Phnom Penh leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Whistler 12: Phnom Penh leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Whistler 15: Phnom Penh leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Whistler 60: Whistler 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 Whistler.

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 prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

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
13 hdaylight a day

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhWhistler

Where the figures come from

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhWhistler
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 m670 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhWhistler
City population2,129,37113,982
People per km²3,13858
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.