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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Taipei?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Taipei for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Taipei 68: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Taipei 66: Siem Reap leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Taipei 80: Taipei 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 Taipei.

Your match

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

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapTaipei

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.

Taipei 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. Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapTaipei
Official languageKhmerTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyRiel (KHR)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118110 or 112 or 119
Elevation18 m10 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year21 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapTaipei
City population147,8662,429,429
People per km²-8,938
Museums within 10 km669
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.