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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Siena?

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 Siem Reap for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Siena for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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. Siem Reap 5, Siena 14: Siena leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Siena 62: Siena leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Siena 78: Siem Reap leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Siena 27: Siem Reap leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Siena 65: Siena leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Siena 94: Siena leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Siena 38: Siena leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Siena 60: Siena leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Siena 35: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Siena 42: Siem Reap leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Siena 36: Siena leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Siena 55: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Siena.

Your match

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

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
15 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.

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapSiena
Official languageKhmerItalian
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation18 m322 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapSiena
City population147,86652,812
People per km²-446
Museums within 10 km630
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.