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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Hobart 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 Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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. Hobart 30, Siem Reap 5: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Siem Reap 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Siem Reap 40: Hobart leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Siem Reap 55: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Siem Reap 35: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Siem Reap 30: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart and Siem Reap are level on 38.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Siem Reap 32: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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.

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHobartSiem Reap
Official languageEnglishKhmer
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number000Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation54 m18 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSiem Reap
City population197,451147,866
People per km²116-
Museums within 10 km86
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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. 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.