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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Victoria?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Victoria 50: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Victoria 42: Siem Reap leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Victoria 30: Siem Reap leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Victoria 54: Siem Reap leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Victoria 34: Siem Reap leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Victoria 48: Siem Reap leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Victoria.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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. Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapVictoria
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 m23 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapVictoria
City population147,86691,867
People per km²-4,711
Museums within 10 km66
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.