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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • food and drink
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Macau 24, Siem Reap 5: Macau leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Siem Reap 45: Macau leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Siem Reap 40: Siem Reap leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Siem Reap 35: Macau leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Siem Reap 30: Macau leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Siem Reap 38: Macau leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Siem Reap 32: Macau leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 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: Macau 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

Macau
46match

Wins on food and drink and getting around with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 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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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. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMacauSiem Reap
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseKhmer
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Riel (KHR)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency number999Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation22 m18 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauSiem Reap
City population682,100147,866
People per km²5,916-
Museums within 10 km286
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.