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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Krakow 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 Krakow for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • wellness
  • 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. Krakow 9, Siem Reap 5: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Siem Reap 45: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Siem Reap 42: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Siem Reap 40: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Siem Reap 55: Krakow leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Siem Reap 35: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Siem Reap 30: Krakow leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Siem Reap 38: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Siem Reap 32: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on wellness 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.

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
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. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureKrakowSiem Reap
Official languagePolishKhmer
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCE50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation219 m18 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowSiem Reap
City population804,237147,866
People per km²2,459-
Museums within 10 km1136
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.