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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Vancouver?

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 Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Vancouver 42: Siem Reap leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap and Vancouver are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Vancouver 45: Siem Reap leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Vancouver 27: Siem Reap leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Vancouver 50: Siem Reap leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Vancouver.

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.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapVancouver

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. Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapVancouver
Official languageKhmerFrench, English
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation18 m2 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapVancouver
City population147,866662,248
People per km²-5,759
Museums within 10 km626
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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.