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Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Siem Reap or Zadar?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Siem Reap and Zadar are level on 45.
Culture & sights. Siem Reap 88, Zadar 55: Siem Reap leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Siem Reap 42, Zadar 38: Siem Reap leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siem Reap 40, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Siem Reap 55, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Siem Reap 35, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Siem Reap 30, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Siem Reap 38, Zadar 27: Siem Reap leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Siem Reap 88, Zadar 52: Siem Reap leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siem Reap 32, Zadar 28: Siem Reap leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siem Reap 60, Zadar 35: Siem Reap leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siem Reap and Zadar.

Your match

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

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Zadar
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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.

Zadar 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. Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSiem ReapZadar
Official languageKhmerCroatian
CurrencyRiel (KHR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 117, ambulance 119, fire 118112
Elevation18 m5 m
Main airportSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSiem ReapZadar
City population147,86670,779
Museums within 10 km61
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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.