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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Bled 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 Bled for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Bled’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. Bled 50, Siem Reap 5: Bled leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Siem Reap 45: Siem Reap leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Siem Reap 40: Bled leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Siem Reap 55: Bled leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Siem Reap 35: Bled leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Siem Reap 30: Bled leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Siem Reap 38: Siem Reap leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Siem Reap 32: Siem Reap leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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.

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Siem Reap in July

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

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBledSiem Reap
Official languageSloveneKhmer
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
Elevation501 m18 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledSiem Reap
City population4,969147,866
People per km²26-
Museums within 10 km46
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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). 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.