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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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. Luang Prabang 14, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Singapore 62: Luang Prabang leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Singapore 45: Luang Prabang leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Singapore 25: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Singapore 25: Luang Prabang leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Singapore 40: Luang Prabang leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Singapore.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on families 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.

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Luang PrabangSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangSingapore
Official languageLaoEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation305 m21 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangSingapore
City population53,7925,866,139
People per km²-8,158
Museums within 10 km040
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). 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). 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.