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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Siem Reap or Valencia?

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 Valencia for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Valencia 68: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Valencia 57: Siem Reap leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Valencia 42: Siem Reap leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Valencia.

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.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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. Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapValencia
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 m15 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapValencia
City population147,866840,792
People per km²-6,242
Museums within 10 km645
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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.