VacationSelector
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Sarajevo 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 Sarajevo for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarajevo’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. Sarajevo 6, Siem Reap 5: Sarajevo leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Siem Reap 45: Sarajevo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Siem Reap 42: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Siem Reap 40: Sarajevo leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Siem Reap 55: Sarajevo leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Siem Reap 35: Sarajevo leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Siem Reap 30: Sarajevo leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Siem Reap 38: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Siem Reap 32: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 18 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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.

Sarajevo in July

28 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
8 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

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200250JFMAMJJASOND
SarajevoSiem Reap

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. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoSiem Reap
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianKhmer
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)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
Elevation518 m18 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoSiem Reap
City population275,524147,866
People per km²1,947-
Museums within 10 km256
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Sarajevo or Siem Reap somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.