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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Vilnius?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Vilnius 66: Siem Reap leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap and Vilnius are level on 38.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Vilnius 64: Siem Reap leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Vilnius 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 Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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
13 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

-10°0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapVilnius

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. Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapVilnius
Official languageKhmerLithuanian
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation18 m98 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapVilnius
City population147,866619,405
People per km²-1,545
Museums within 10 km631
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. 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.