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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Singapore 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Singapore 50: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Singapore 45: Fort Lauderdale leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Singapore 25: Fort Lauderdale leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Singapore 25: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale and Singapore are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Singapore.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Fort LauderdaleSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleSingapore
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
Elevation11 m21 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleSingapore
City population182,7605,866,139
People per km²1,8298,158
Museums within 10 km640
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.