Photos: Santa Fe by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.
Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe for
- nature and the outdoors
- shopping
- live music and the arts
What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Fe’s own page.
Choose Siem Reap for
- prices
- culture and sights
- nightlife
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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santa Fe and Siem Reap.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Too close to call, 2 points apart
Wins on nature and the outdoors and shopping with your weighting.
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.
Santa Fe in July
Siem Reap in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Santa Fe's station stands 199 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.
Santa Fe 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.
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. Santa Fe: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Fe / Cieneguilla (12.4 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.
Before you go
| Measure | Santa Fe | Siem Reap |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | - | Khmer |
| Currency | US Dollar (USD) | Riel (KHR) |
| Sockets | AB120 V, 60 Hz | ACG230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer | UTC+7 |
| Emergency number | 911 | Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118 |
| Elevation | 2,134 m | 18 m |
| Main airport | Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF)12 km from centre5 non-stop destinations | Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | 21 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Santa Fe | Siem Reap |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 87,505 | 147,866 |
| People per km² | 645 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 10 | 6 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 1 |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Santa Fe or Siem Reap somewhere new.