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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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. Bordeaux 50, Siem Reap 5: Bordeaux leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Siem Reap 45: Bordeaux leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Siem Reap 42: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Siem Reap 40: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Siem Reap 55: Bordeaux leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Siem Reap 35: Bordeaux leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Siem Reap 30: Bordeaux leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Siem Reap 38: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Siem Reap 32: Bordeaux leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 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

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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxSiem Reap
Official languageFrenchKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation1 m18 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxSiem Reap
City population267,991147,866
People per km²5,425-
Museums within 10 km186
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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.