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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Siem Reap or Singapore?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Singapore 62: Siem Reap leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Singapore 45: Singapore leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Singapore 25: Siem Reap leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Singapore 25: Siem Reap leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Singapore 40: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Singapore.

Your match

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

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and families 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
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapSingapore

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. Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapSingapore
Official languageKhmerEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation18 m21 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapSingapore
City population147,8665,866,139
People per km²-8,158
Museums within 10 km640
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.