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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Siem Reap or Tbilisi?

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

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tbilisi’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, Tbilisi 7: Tbilisi leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Tbilisi 62: Siem Reap leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Tbilisi 58: Tbilisi leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Tbilisi 45: Tbilisi leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Tbilisi 42: Tbilisi leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Tbilisi 80: Siem Reap leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife 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
13 hdaylight a day

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
15 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. Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapTbilisi
Official languageKhmerGeorgian
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Lari (GEL)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation18 m575 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapTbilisi
City population147,8661,331,485
People per km²-1,849
Museums within 10 km629
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.