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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Virginia Beach?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Virginia Beach 42: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Virginia Beach 30: Siem Reap leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Virginia Beach 37: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Virginia Beach 56: Virginia Beach leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Virginia Beach 64: Virginia Beach leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Virginia Beach 27: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Virginia Beach 32: Siem Reap leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Virginia Beach 40: Siem Reap leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Virginia Beach 38: Virginia Beach leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Virginia Beach 32: Siem Reap leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches and families 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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapVirginia Beach

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. Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapVirginia Beach
Official languageKhmer-
CurrencyRiel (KHR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118911
Elevation18 m7 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapVirginia Beach
City population147,866459,470
Museums within 10 km62
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.