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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Siem Reap or York?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: York leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap 45, York 42: Siem Reap leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, York 70: Siem Reap leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, York 36: Siem Reap leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, York 62: York leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, York 80: York leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, York 60: York leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, York 72: York leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, York 46: York leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, York 38: Siem Reap leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, York 38: York leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, York 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 York.

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 prices and wellness with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Siem ReapYork

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.

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

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. York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapYork
Official languageKhmerEnglish
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112 or 999
Elevation18 m25 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapYork
City population147,866208,400
People per km²-766
Museums within 10 km624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.