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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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. Maastricht 8, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Singapore 45: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Singapore 25: Maastricht leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Singapore 25: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Singapore 40: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Singapore.

Your match

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

Maastricht
52match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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MaastrichtSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtSingapore
Official languageDutchEnglish, 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
Elevation49 m21 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtSingapore
City population120,2275,866,139
People per km²2,0008,158
Museums within 10 km2140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
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.