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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Auckland 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 Auckland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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. Auckland 68, Singapore 40: Auckland leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Singapore 45: Auckland leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Singapore 25: Auckland leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Singapore 25: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Singapore 40: Auckland leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Singapore.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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.

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandSingapore
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number111Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation196 m21 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandSingapore
City population1,470,1005,866,139
People per km²2,6308,158
Museums within 10 km1540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland or Singapore somewhere new.

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.