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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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. Delhi 4, Siem Reap 5: Siem Reap leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Siem Reap 45: Delhi leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Siem Reap 42: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Siem Reap 40: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Siem Reap 55: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Siem Reap 35: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Siem Reap 30: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Siem Reap 38: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Siem Reap 88: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Siem Reap 32: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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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DelhiSiem Reap

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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSiem Reap
Official languageHindi, EnglishKhmer
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency number108 or 112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation221 m18 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSiem Reap
City population26,495,000147,866
People per km²18,962-
Museums within 10 km236
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.