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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Siem Reap or Valletta?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Valletta 76: Siem Reap leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap and Valletta are level on 38.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Valletta 50: Siem Reap leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Valletta 32: Siem Reap leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Valletta.

Your match

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

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapValletta

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. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapValletta
Official languageKhmerEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation18 m56 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapValletta
City population147,8665,197
People per km²-6,496
Museums within 10 km616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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.