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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Manchester 9, Siem Reap 5: Manchester leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Siem Reap 45: Manchester leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Siem Reap 42: Manchester leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Siem Reap 40: Manchester leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Siem Reap 55: Manchester leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Siem Reap 35: Manchester leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Siem Reap 30: Manchester leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Siem Reap 38: Manchester leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Siem Reap 32: Manchester leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Manchester
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureManchesterSiem Reap
Official languageEnglishKhmer
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Riel (KHR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112 or 999Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation38 m18 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterSiem Reap
City population547,627147,866
People per km²4,737-
Museums within 10 km286
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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.