🇰🇭 2 cities in Cambodia, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇭 Siem ReapTourist town | $61.2 | $1,554 | $3 | $2.5 |
| 🇰🇭 Phnom PenhBig city | $67.6 | $1,629 | $3 | $2.5 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $61.2 and $67.6 a day depending on the city — about $64.4 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $1,554–$1,629 by city, about $1,591 on average.
By daily budget, Siem Reap ($61.2/day) is the cheapest and Phnom Penh ($67.6/day) the most expensive.