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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Salzburg 35, Siem Reap 5: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg and Siem Reap are level on 45.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Siem Reap 42: Siem Reap leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Siem Reap 40: Salzburg leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Siem Reap 55: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Siem Reap 35: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Siem Reap 30: Salzburg leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Siem Reap 38: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Siem Reap 32: Salzburg leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 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: Salzburg and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgSiem Reap
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageKhmer
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation424 m18 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgSiem Reap
City population155,021147,866
People per km²2,360-
Museums within 10 km386
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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.