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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

London 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 London for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Singapore for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. London 25, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Singapore 62: London leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Singapore 50: London leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Singapore 45: London leads by 12 points.
Day trips. London 90, Singapore 25: London leads by 65 points.
Good for families. London 82, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 6 points.
Getting around. London 85, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Singapore 76: London leads by 19 points.
Affordability. London 15, Singapore 25: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Singapore 50: London leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London and Singapore are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Singapore.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonSingapore
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112 or 999Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation4 m21 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonSingapore
City population8,799,7285,866,139
People per km²5,5988,158
Museums within 10 km21640
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.