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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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. Hong Kong 50, Siem Reap 5: Hong Kong leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Siem Reap 45: Hong Kong leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Siem Reap 42: Hong Kong leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Siem Reap 40: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Siem Reap 55: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Siem Reap 35: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Siem Reap 30: Hong Kong leads by 67 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Siem Reap 38: Hong Kong leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Siem Reap 32: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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.

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Hong KongSiem 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. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHong KongSiem Reap
Official languageStandard ChineseKhmer
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Riel (KHR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency number999Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation7 m18 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongSiem Reap
City population7,413,070147,866
Museums within 10 km396
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months-

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.