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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Singapore for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • 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. Faro 74, Singapore 40: Faro leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Singapore 45: Faro leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Singapore 25: Faro leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Singapore 25: Faro leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Singapore.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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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FaroSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroSingapore
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation10 m21 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroSingapore
City population64,5605,866,139
People per km²3198,158
Museums within 10 km240
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.