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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Tallinn?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Tallinn 68: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Tallinn 55: Tallinn leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Tallinn 47: Siem Reap leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Tallinn 50: Siem Reap leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Tallinn.

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.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapTallinn

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. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapTallinn
Official languageKhmerEstonian
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation18 m28 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapTallinn
City population147,866457,572
People per km²-2,871
Museums within 10 km616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.