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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Da Nang 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 Da Nang for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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. Da Nang 80, Siem Reap 5: Da Nang leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Siem Reap 45: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Siem Reap 42: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Siem Reap 40: Da Nang leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Siem Reap 55: Da Nang leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Siem Reap 35: Da Nang leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Siem Reap 30: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Siem Reap 38: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Siem Reap 88: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Siem Reap 32: Siem Reap leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Siem Reap 60: Da Nang leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Da Nang in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureDa NangSiem Reap
Official languageVietnameseKhmer
CurrencyDong (VND)Riel (KHR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation19 m18 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangSiem Reap
City population2,819,900147,866
People per km²238-
Museums within 10 km26
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.