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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Dublin 27, Siem Reap 5: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Siem Reap 45: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Siem Reap 42: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Siem Reap 40: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Siem Reap 55: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Siem Reap 35: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Siem Reap 30: Dublin leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Siem Reap 38: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Siem Reap 32: Dublin leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 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: Dublin and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureDublinSiem Reap
Official languageEnglish, IrishKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation20 m18 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinSiem Reap
City population592,713147,866
People per km²5,154-
Museums within 10 km406
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.