Siem Reap
City in Cambodia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Street scene, Siem Reap, 2018 (12): Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Siem Reap is a city in Cambodia. About 139,458 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Cambodia in our atlas.
It lies at 13.36° N, 103.86° E, about 18 m (59 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Phnom_Penh time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Siem Reap. Green dots: other major cities of Cambodia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Siem Reap has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 36°C (97°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 20°C (68°F). Around 1,262 mm (50 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in CambodiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Battambang · 77 km
- Paoy Paet · 144 km
- Kampong Chhnang · 151 km
- Phnom Penh · 230 km
- Dangkao · 234 km
- Preaek Prasab · 260 km
- Takeo · 281 km
- Sihanoukville · 308 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1822214 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q11711 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Street scene, Siem Reap, 2018 (12): Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)