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The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Halifax by Danieljmacdonald, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Halifax 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 Halifax for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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. Halifax 32, Siem Reap 5: Halifax leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Halifax 50, Siem Reap 45: Halifax leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Halifax 42, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Halifax 46, Siem Reap 42: Halifax leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Halifax 62, Siem Reap 40: Halifax leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Halifax 63, Siem Reap 55: Halifax leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Halifax 55, Siem Reap 35: Halifax leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Halifax 48, Siem Reap 30: Halifax leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Halifax 35, Siem Reap 38: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Halifax 38, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Halifax 46, Siem Reap 32: Halifax leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Halifax 28, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Halifax and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Halifax
45match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
15 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. Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHalifaxSiem Reap
Official languageFrench, EnglishKhmer
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation28 m18 m
Main airportHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureHalifaxSiem Reap
City population440,072147,866
People per km²80-
Museums within 10 km156
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.