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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Antalya 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 Antalya for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Antalya 82, Siem Reap 5: Antalya leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Siem Reap 45: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Siem Reap 42: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Siem Reap 40: Antalya leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Siem Reap 55: Antalya leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Siem Reap 35: Antalya leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Siem Reap 30: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Siem Reap 38: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Siem Reap 32: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Siem Reap 60: Antalya leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Siem Reap
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.

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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AntalyaSiem Reap

Where the figures come from

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. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaSiem Reap
Official languageTurkishKhmer
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation30 m18 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaSiem Reap
City population2,426,356147,866
People per km²1,712-
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months-

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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). 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. 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.

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.