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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • 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. Doha 45, Siem Reap 5: Doha leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Siem Reap 45: Doha leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Siem Reap 40: Siem Reap leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Siem Reap 35: Doha leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Siem Reap 30: Doha leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Siem Reap 38: Doha leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Siem Reap 32: Siem Reap leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Siem Reap
Best match
47match

Wins on day trips 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.

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °Csea
14 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. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureDohaSiem Reap
Official languageArabicKhmer
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number999Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation0 m18 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaSiem Reap
City population1,186,023147,866
People per km²8,985-
Museums within 10 km66
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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.