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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Acapulco or Singapore?

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 Acapulco for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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. Acapulco 80, Singapore 40: Acapulco leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Singapore 50: Acapulco leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Singapore 45: Acapulco leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Singapore 25: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Singapore 25: Acapulco leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Singapore.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoSingapore
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation18 m21 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoSingapore
City population658,6095,866,139
People per km²3508,158
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.