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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

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

Chengdu 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 Chengdu for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’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. Chengdu 5, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Singapore 50: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Singapore 45: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Singapore 25: Chengdu leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Singapore 25: Chengdu leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu and Singapore are level on 50.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Singapore 40: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Singapore.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

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.

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduSingapore
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
Elevation500 m21 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduSingapore
City population20,937,7575,866,139
People per km²1,4568,158
Museums within 10 km1040
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.