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The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Phnom Penh or Yokohama?

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 Yokohama for

  • families
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Phnom Penh 62, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Phnom Penh 62, Yokohama 55: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Phnom Penh 58, Yokohama 44: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phnom Penh 28, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Phnom Penh 34, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Phnom Penh 32, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 54 points.
Getting around. Phnom Penh 35, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Phnom Penh 46, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Phnom Penh 86, Yokohama 55: Phnom Penh leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phnom Penh 32, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phnom Penh 50, Yokohama 60: Yokohama 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 Yokohama.

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.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on families and day trips 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhnom PenhYokohama
Official languageKhmerJapanese
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118Police 110, fire 119
Elevation11 m24 m
Main airportTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhnom PenhYokohama
City population2,129,3713,757,630
People per km²3,1388,585
Museums within 10 km338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.