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The Semperoper, Dresden
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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Singapore for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • 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. Dresden 10, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Singapore 62: Dresden leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Singapore 45: Dresden leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Singapore 25: Dresden leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Singapore 25: Dresden leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Singapore 50: Dresden leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Singapore 40: Dresden leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Singapore.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Dresden
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Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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DresdenSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenSingapore
Official languageGermanEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation126 m21 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenSingapore
City population562,7645,866,139
People per km²1,7138,158
Museums within 10 km7040
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.