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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Siem Reap or Venice?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Venice for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Venice leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Venice 60: Venice leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Venice 94: Venice leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Venice 27: Siem Reap leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Venice 45: Venice leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Venice 86: Venice leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Venice 45: Venice leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Venice 68: Venice leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Venice 57: Venice leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Venice 20: Siem Reap leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Venice 62: Venice leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Venice 40: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Venice.

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.

Venice
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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 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.

Venice has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

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. Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapVenice
Official languageKhmerItalian
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation18 m2 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapVenice
City population147,866250,369
People per km²-602
Museums within 10 km652
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.