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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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. Atlanta 10, Siem Reap 5: Atlanta leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Siem Reap 45: Atlanta leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Siem Reap 42: Atlanta leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Siem Reap 40: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Siem Reap 35: Atlanta leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Siem Reap 30: Siem Reap leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Siem Reap 38: Atlanta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Siem Reap 32: Atlanta leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Atlanta
49match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
14 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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Where the figures come from

Atlanta 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.

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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaSiem Reap
Official language-Khmer
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation225 m18 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaSiem Reap
City population498,715147,866
People per km²1,433-
Museums within 10 km276
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. 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. 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.