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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Windhoek?

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

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Windhoek 36: Phnom Penh leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Windhoek 30: Phnom Penh leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Windhoek 25: Phnom Penh leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Windhoek 14: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Windhoek 30: Phnom Penh leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Windhoek 22: Phnom Penh leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Windhoek 30: Phnom Penh leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Windhoek 62: Phnom Penh leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Windhoek 18: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Windhoek 30: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phnom Penh and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Phnom Penh
Best match
44match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Phnom PenhWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhWindhoek
Official languageKhmerEnglish
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation11 m1,650 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhWindhoek
City population2,129,371486,169
People per km²3,13895
Museums within 10 km35
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. 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.