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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah or Siem Reap?

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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Siem Reap for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Siem Reap’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. Alta, Utah 3, Siem Reap 5: Siem Reap leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Siem Reap 45: Siem Reap leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 83 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Siem Reap 40: Alta, Utah leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Siem Reap 35: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Siem Reap 30: Alta, Utah leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Siem Reap 38: Siem Reap leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 73 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Siem Reap 32: Siem Reap leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Siem Reap
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alta, Utah in July

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

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahSiem Reap

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Siem Reap has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahSiem Reap
Official language-Khmer
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation2,610 m18 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahSiem Reap
City population228147,866
People per km²19-
Museums within 10 km06
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.