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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Victoria Falls?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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 Falls 7: Victoria Falls leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Victoria Falls 24: Siem Reap leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Victoria Falls 12: Siem Reap leads by 76 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Victoria Falls 8: Siem Reap leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Victoria Falls 22: Siem Reap leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Victoria Falls 38: Victoria Falls leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Victoria Falls 45: Victoria Falls leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Victoria Falls 18: Siem Reap leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Victoria Falls 32: Siem Reap leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Victoria Falls 10: Siem Reap leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Victoria Falls 34: Siem Reap leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Siem Reap
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

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
13 hdaylight a day

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapVictoria Falls

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. Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapVictoria Falls
Official languageKhmerEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118999
Elevation18 m961 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapVictoria Falls
City population147,86633,060
Museums within 10 km62
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.