Cambodia trip cost: daily budget at a glance
Short answer: budget on roughly $70–130 per person per day mid-range (excluding international flights).
| Travel style | Per day (per person) | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Budget | $30–50 | Hostels/guesthouses, street food, public transport |
| Mid-range | $70–130 | 3-star hotels, restaurants, the odd tour or taxi |
| Luxury | $250+ | 4–5★ hotels, fine dining, private guides & transfers |
Cambodia Trip Cost 2026: Complete Budget Breakdown
A 7-day Cambodia trip costs $500-1,200 mid-range per person — one of Asia's cheapest destinations.
Daily Cost by Travel Style
Cambodia Cost Breakdown by Category
| Category | Budget | Mid-Range | Luxury |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flights (US return) | $900-1,500 | $1,100-1,800 | $2,000-4,500 |
| Accommodation | $10-25/night | $40-90/night | $200-500/night |
| Food | $5-12/day | $15-35/day | $60-150/day |
| Transit | $5-10/day | $15-30/day | $50-100/day |
| Angkor 3-day pass + tours | $62 total | $80-150 total | $300-700 total |
- Angkor 3-day pass $62 (vs. $37 1-day) for best value
- Tuk-tuk full day for Angkor sites $20-25 — split with travelers from hostel
- Street food in Phnom Penh + Siem Reap $1-3 per meal
- Take overnight bus Phnom Penh-Siem Reap ($15) vs. flight ($100)
- Pub Street (Siem Reap) happy hour beer $0.50
- Free walking tours in Phnom Penh — tip guide $5-10
The Two-Tier Daily Budget (and Where Your Money Quietly Leaks)
Cambodia rewards a clear daily target. A genuine shoestring runs about $25-35/day: roughly a $7 dorm bed, $2-4 street meals, and short tuk-tuk hops around $2-3. A comfortable tier sits closer to $75-90/day, with a private guesthouse room from about $14/night, sit-down restaurant meals, and a private tuk-tuk for the day. Over a typical 7-day trip that works out to around $175-245 in land costs at the shoestring tier and roughly $525-630 at the comfortable tier, before international flights.
The leaks come from costs travelers forget to pencil in. The tourist eVisa is $30 (cut from $36 in January 2025), and the business eVisa is $35; visa-on-arrival also costs $30 and is cash-USD only. Cambodian ATMs charge a per-withdrawal access fee of about $4-8 (commonly $5) on top of your home bank's FX fee, so frequent small withdrawals bleed money fast. Tipping is modest but real: about 5,000 KHR (around $1.25) for a tuk-tuk driver and 5-10% at restaurants without a service charge.
- Withdraw one larger lump sum instead of several small ones to dilute that ~$5 ATM fee.
- Book a dorm at ~$7 over a private room at ~$14 to save about $7 a night.
- Take a standard intercity bus (Giant Ibis Phnom Penh-Siem Reap runs about $17) rather than flying to save roughly $80 on that single leg.
Cambodia Trip Cost FAQ
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John Morrison is the founder and lead travel writer at Packzup. Over the past decade he has explored destinations across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania — always self-funded, never on a press trip.