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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Toledo?

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
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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 and Toledo are level on 5.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Toledo 40: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Toledo 79: Siem Reap leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Toledo 22: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap and Toledo are level on 40.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Toledo 45: Toledo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Toledo 32: Siem Reap leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Toledo 58: Siem Reap leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Toledo 22: Siem Reap leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Toledo 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 Toledo.

Your match

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

Siem Reap
Best match
47match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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
13 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapToledo

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. Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapToledo
Official languageKhmerSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapToledo
City population147,86687,216
People per km²-376
Museums within 10 km613
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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.