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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Amsterdam’s own page.

Choose Siem Reap for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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. Amsterdam 25, Siem Reap 5: Amsterdam leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Siem Reap 45: Amsterdam leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Siem Reap 42: Amsterdam leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Siem Reap 40: Amsterdam leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Siem Reap 55: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Siem Reap 35: Amsterdam leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Siem Reap 30: Amsterdam leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Siem Reap 38: Amsterdam leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Siem Reap 32: Amsterdam leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamSiem Reap
Official languageDutchKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation-2 m18 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamSiem Reap
City population921,468147,866
People per km²4,208-
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.