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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Plovdiv 7, Siem Reap 5: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Siem Reap 45: Plovdiv leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv and Siem Reap are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Siem Reap 40: Plovdiv leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Siem Reap 55: Plovdiv leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Siem Reap 35: Plovdiv leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Siem Reap 30: Plovdiv leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Siem Reap 38: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Siem Reap 32: Plovdiv leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
Best match
50match

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

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 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

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

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. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivSiem Reap
Official languageBulgarianKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation172 m18 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivSiem Reap
City population333,994147,866
People per km²3,274-
Museums within 10 km186
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). 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.