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La Paz
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

La Paz 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 La Paz for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • families

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. La Paz 3, Siem Reap 5: Siem Reap leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Siem Reap 45: La Paz leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Siem Reap 40: La Paz leads by 42 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 15 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Siem Reap 35: Siem Reap leads by 25 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Siem Reap 30: La Paz leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Siem Reap 38: La Paz leads by 7 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Siem Reap 88: La Paz leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Siem Reap 32: La Paz leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

La Paz
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Siem Reap
Best match
47match

Wins on wellness 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.

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
11 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

La Paz 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.

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. La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureLa PazSiem Reap
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniKhmer
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAC50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation3,640 m18 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazSiem Reap
City population755,732147,866
People per km²1,601-
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.