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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Oslo 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 Oslo for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Oslo 36, Siem Reap 5: Oslo leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Siem Reap 45: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Siem Reap 42: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Siem Reap 40: Oslo leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Siem Reap 35: Oslo leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Siem Reap 30: Oslo leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Siem Reap 38: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Siem Reap 32: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo and Siem Reap are level on 60.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Oslo
Best match
56match

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

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices 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.

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureOsloSiem Reap
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiKhmer
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation23 m18 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloSiem Reap
City population717,710147,866
Museums within 10 km606
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.