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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’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. Copenhagen 40, Siem Reap 5: Copenhagen leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Siem Reap 45: Copenhagen leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Siem Reap 42: Copenhagen leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Siem Reap 40: Copenhagen leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Siem Reap 55: Copenhagen leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Siem Reap 35: Copenhagen leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Siem Reap 30: Copenhagen leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Siem Reap 38: Copenhagen leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Siem Reap 32: Copenhagen leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 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: Copenhagen and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and families 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.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenSiem Reap
Official languageDanishKhmer
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation14 m18 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenSiem Reap
City population667,099147,866
People per km²7,339-
Museums within 10 km726
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

Where else could you go?

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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.