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Welwyn Garden City vs. Phnom Penh Cost of Living Summary

Welwyn Garden City is 2.7 times more expensive than Phnom Penh.

Restaurants: pay 2.1 times more in Welwyn Garden City
Groceries: pay 3.8% more in Welwyn Garden City
Transportation: pay 41.3% more in Welwyn Garden City
Housing: pay 2.7 times more in Welwyn Garden City
Childcare: pay 4.8 times more in Welwyn Garden City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.1 times more in Welwyn Garden City
Clothing: pay 2.0 times more in Welwyn Garden City

The cost of entertainment and sports, childcare, housing, restaurants, clothing, and transportation in Welwyn Garden City are more expensive than in Phnom Penh. Notably, entertainment and sports, childcare, and housing are significantly more expensive in Welwyn Garden City.

Welwyn Garden City vs. Phnom Penh Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Welwyn Garden City instead of Phnom Penh, you would:

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

	Phnom Penh	Welwyn Garden City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00 KHR19,986.53	$18.03 £13.48	+260.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.00 KHR27,981.15	$10.68 £7.99	+52.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.93 KHR3,715.14	$1.74 £1.30	+86.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.91 KHR3,650.72	$1.11 £0.83	+21.1%
Average			+105.3%

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pay 3.8% more for groceries

	Phnom Penh	Welwyn Garden City
Bread 1 loaf	$1.65 KHR6,597.61	$1.41 £1.05	-14.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.70 KHR26,781.96	$4.07 £3.05	-39.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$8.17 KHR32,649.02	$5.31 £3.97	-35.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.82 KHR7,270.66	$3.61 £2.70	+98.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.01 KHR8,028.23	$3.68 £2.76	+83.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.81 KHR7,237.49	$1.33 £1.00	-26.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.88 KHR3,535.64	$0.55 £0.41	-38.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.91 KHR7,651.49	$1.31 £0.98	-31.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.73 KHR2,937.30	$1.06 £0.79	+44.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.88 KHR3,505.42	$0.73 £0.54	-17.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.54 KHR2,145.56	$0.63 £0.47	+17.9%
Average			+3.8%

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pay 41.3% more for transportation

	Phnom Penh	Welwyn Garden City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.33 KHR17,308.52	$7.18 £5.37	+65.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.60 KHR38,374.14	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$49,000.00 KHR195,868,029.72	$36,056.68 £26,964.30	-26.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.05 KHR36,186.85	$16.69 £12.48	+84.4%
Average			+41.3%

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pay 2.7 times more for housing

	Phnom Penh	Welwyn Garden City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$21.29 KHR85,086.31	$36.50 £27.30	+71.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$481.60 KHR1,925,112.27	$1,468.98 £1,098.55	+205.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$273.92 KHR1,094,935.34	$1,118.42 £836.39	+308.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$82.99 KHR331,720.63	$161.69 £120.92	+94.8%
Average			+169.9%

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pay 4.8 times more for childcare

	Phnom Penh	Welwyn Garden City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$293.33 KHR1,172,543.31	$1,891.86 £1,414.79	+545.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,141.67 KHR28,547,432.22	$22,515.39 £16,837.71	+215.3%
Average			+380.1%

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pay 5.1 times more for entertainment and sports

	Phnom Penh	Welwyn Garden City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.21 KHR4,829.58	$6.01 £4.49	+397.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.53 KHR10,098.46	$4.62 £3.46	+83.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.88 KHR7,494.95	$20.43 £15.28	+989.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$41.67 KHR166,554.45	$73.45 £54.93	+76.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.75 KHR14,989.90	$23.37 £17.48	+523.2%
Average			+413.9%

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pay 2.0 times more for clothing

	Phnom Penh	Welwyn Garden City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$25.75 KHR102,930.65	$115.18 £86.14	+347.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$23.33 KHR93,270.49	$40.06 £29.96	+71.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$88.00 KHR351,762.99	$80.13 £59.92	-8.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$60.20 KHR240,637.87	$60.09 £44.94	-0.2%
Average			+102.5%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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