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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Tromso?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Tromso 36: Siem Reap leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Tromso 27: Siem Reap leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Tromso 38: Siem Reap leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Tromso 14: Siem Reap leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Tromso 15: Siem Reap leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Tromso 11: Siem Reap leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap and Tromso are level on 32.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Tromso 38: Siem Reap leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Tromso.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapTromso

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. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapTromso
Official languageKhmerNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation18 m20 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapTromso
City population147,86679,943
People per km²-32
Museums within 10 km68
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.