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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Siem Reap or The Hague?

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 The Hague for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, The Hague 66: Siem Reap leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, The Hague 38: Siem Reap leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, The Hague 52: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, The Hague 35: Siem Reap leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, The Hague 45: Siem Reap leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and The Hague.

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.

The Hague
Best match
56match

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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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. The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapThe Hague
Official languageKhmerDutch
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation18 m1 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapThe Hague
City population147,866548,320
People per km²-5,589
Museums within 10 km654
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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.