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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

La Spezia 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 Spezia for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • 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. La Spezia 60, Siem Reap 5: La Spezia leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Siem Reap 45: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Siem Reap 40: La Spezia leads by 39 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Siem Reap 55: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Siem Reap 35: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Siem Reap 30: La Spezia leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Siem Reap 38: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Siem Reap 32: Siem Reap leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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La SpeziaSiem Reap

Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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 Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSiem Reap
Official languageItalianKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation3 m18 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSiem Reap
City population92,119147,866
People per km²1,792-
Museums within 10 km126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.