Siem Reap
Angkor's base: excellent-value hotels, dollar-priced temple passes.
- Lean
- $27
- Comfort
- $127
Flat. Tracks Cambodia as a whole.
Cheaper than the national figure of $62 a day.
The short answerIn US dollars, as of November 12, 2026
As of November 12, 2026, a mid-range day in Siem Reap costs about $59 per person, excluding flights: about 5% less than the average for Cambodia. Prices for US-dollar travelers are about where they were a year ago in real terms. Angkor's base: excellent-value hotels, dollar-priced temple passes.
What your money buys in Cambodia
Exchange rates and inflation are national, so the city follows this line. The dashed line is the exchange rate alone; the solid line is after inflation.
Siem Reap, in five questions
City costs are the national model scaled by a premium of −5% that we set by hand. To cite: “Trip Arbitrage (triparbitrage.com), reading of November 12, 2026.”
- How much does a day in Siem Reap cost?
- About $27 on a lean budget, $59 mid-range and $127 in comfort, per person per day as of November 12, 2026, excluding international flights. These are modeled estimates: the national figure for Cambodia, updated daily, scaled by a city premium.
- Is Siem Reap expensive compared with the rest of Cambodia?
- Siem Reap costs about 5% less than the national average for Cambodia, which is $62 a day mid-range. Angkor's base: excellent-value hotels, dollar-priced temple passes.
- Is Siem Reap cheaper to visit than last year?
- The exchange rate moved +2.5% for US-dollar holders over twelve months while prices in Cambodia rose +5.2%, a real change of +0.9%. City prices broadly follow the country.
- When is the best time to visit Siem Reap for lower prices?
- For Cambodia the shoulder months, with workable weather and lower prices, are March, October. Peak season is November, December, January, February.
- Is Siem Reap safe?
- The US State Department rates Cambodia at Level 2: Increased caution. Country-wide levels can hide large differences between cities and regions, so read the full advisory.