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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

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. Mendoza 6, Siem Reap 5: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Siem Reap 45: Mendoza leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Siem Reap 40: Mendoza leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Siem Reap 35: Mendoza leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Siem Reap 30: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Siem Reap 38: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Siem Reap 32: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza 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

Mendoza
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink 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.

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMendozaSiem Reap
Official languageSpanishKhmer
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+7
Emergency number117 or 911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation769 m18 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaSiem Reap
City population127,160147,866
People per km²2,355-
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.