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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Singapore for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Madrid 5, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Singapore 62: Madrid leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Singapore 50: Madrid leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Singapore 45: Madrid leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Singapore 25: Madrid leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Singapore 25: Madrid leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Singapore 50: Madrid leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 36, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Madrid and Singapore.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridSingapore
Official languageSpanishEnglish, 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
Elevation663 m21 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridSingapore
City population3,506,7305,866,139
People per km²5,8018,158
Museums within 10 km8840
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.