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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or Whistler?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, Whistler 40: Siem Reap leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Whistler 20: Siem Reap leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap and Whistler are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Whistler 30: Siem Reap leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Whistler 30: Siem Reap leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Whistler 12: Siem Reap leads by 76 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Whistler 15: Siem Reap leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap and Whistler are level on 60.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Whistler.

Your match

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

Siem Reap
Best match
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapWhistler

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.

Whistler 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.

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. Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapWhistler
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 m670 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapWhistler
City population147,86613,982
People per km²-58
Museums within 10 km61
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. 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.