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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Singapore for

  • food and drink
  • families
  • beaches

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. Amsterdam 25, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Singapore 62: Amsterdam leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Singapore 50: Amsterdam leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Singapore 45: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Singapore 25: Amsterdam leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Singapore 25: Singapore leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Singapore 50: Amsterdam leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Singapore 40: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Singapore.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on food and drink and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamSingapore
Official languageDutchEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation-2 m21 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamSingapore
City population921,4685,866,139
People per km²4,2088,158
Museums within 10 km10140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.