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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • getting around
  • 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. Delhi 4, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Singapore 62: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Singapore 45: Singapore leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Singapore 25: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 56 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Singapore 76: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Singapore 25: Delhi leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Singapore 50: Delhi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Singapore.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSingapore
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation221 m21 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSingapore
City population26,495,0005,866,139
People per km²18,9628,158
Museums within 10 km2340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.