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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Singapore for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

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. Beijing 6, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Singapore 62: Beijing leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Singapore 50: Beijing leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Singapore 45: Beijing leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Singapore 25: Beijing leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Singapore 25: Beijing leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Singapore 50: Beijing leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Singapore 40: Beijing leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Singapore.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on beaches 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.

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingSingapore
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation43 m21 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingSingapore
City population21,893,0955,866,139
People per km²1,3348,158
Museums within 10 km8340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.