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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Toronto?

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 Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Toronto 50: Siem Reap leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Toronto 50: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Toronto 34: Siem Reap leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Toronto 33: Siem Reap leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapToronto

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. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapToronto
Official languageKhmerFrench, English
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
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 m76 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapToronto
City population147,8662,794,356
People per km²-4,434
Museums within 10 km632
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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.