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Bratislava Castle, Bratislava
BratislavaBratislava Castle
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Bratislava by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Bratislava 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 Bratislava for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • 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. Bratislava 15, Siem Reap 5: Bratislava leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bratislava 42, Siem Reap 45: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Bratislava 45, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Bratislava 40, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bratislava 55, Siem Reap 40: Bratislava leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Bratislava 78, Siem Reap 55: Bratislava leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Bratislava 40, Siem Reap 35: Bratislava leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bratislava 68, Siem Reap 30: Bratislava leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Bratislava 35, Siem Reap 38: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bratislava 62, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bratislava 48, Siem Reap 32: Bratislava leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bratislava 36, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bratislava and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bratislava
47match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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.

Bratislava in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 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

Bratislava 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.

Bratislava's sunshine is measured 56 km from the centre, at Wien / Hohe Warte.

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. Bratislava: 1991-2020 normals, Bratislava Ivanka (8.6 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBratislavaSiem Reap
Official languageSlovakKhmer
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
Elevation152 m18 m
Main airportM. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)8 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBratislavaSiem Reap
City population480,902147,866
People per km²1,308-
Museums within 10 km226
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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.