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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Tampa?

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 Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Tampa 42: Siem Reap leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Tampa 55: Tampa leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Tampa 54: Siem Reap leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Tampa 22: Siem Reap leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Tampa 40: Siem Reap leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Tampa 30: Siem Reap leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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.

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. Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapTampa
Official languageKhmer-
CurrencyRiel (KHR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation18 m30 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapTampa
City population147,866384,959
People per km²-848
Museums within 10 km66
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. 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.