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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • families
  • shopping

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. Charleston 72, Singapore 40: Charleston leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Singapore 62: Charleston leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Singapore 45: Charleston leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Singapore 25: Charleston leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Singapore 25: Charleston leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston and Singapore are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Singapore.

Your match

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

Charleston
53match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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CharlestonSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonSingapore
Official language-English, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation6 m21 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonSingapore
City population150,2275,866,139
People per km²5328,158
Museums within 10 km1940
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months12 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. 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.