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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The red aerial tram nearing the top of Hidden Peak, Snowbird
SnowbirdThe red aerial tram nearing the top of Hidden Peak

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Snowbird by VeggieGarden, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Snowbird?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Snowbird for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Snowbird’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 and Snowbird are level on 5.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Snowbird 20: Siem Reap leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Snowbird 5: Siem Reap leads by 83 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Snowbird 9: Siem Reap leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Snowbird 92: Snowbird leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Snowbird 47: Siem Reap leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Snowbird 42: Snowbird leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Snowbird 40: Snowbird leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Snowbird 8: Siem Reap leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Snowbird 15: Siem Reap leads by 73 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Snowbird 8: Siem Reap leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Snowbird 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 Snowbird.

Your match

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

Siem Reap
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Snowbird
28match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Snowbird in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °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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Siem ReapSnowbird

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.

Snowbird 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. Snowbird: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapSnowbird
Official languageKhmer-
CurrencyRiel (KHR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation18 m2,479 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)36 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapSnowbird
City population147,866-
Museums within 10 km60
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.