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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • getting around
  • shopping

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. Marseille 72, Singapore 40: Marseille leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Singapore 62: Marseille leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Singapore 50: Marseille leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Singapore 45: Marseille leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Singapore 25: Marseille leads by 61 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Singapore 25: Marseille leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Singapore 50: Marseille leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Singapore.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

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

Singapore
57match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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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MarseilleSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleSingapore
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation0 m21 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleSingapore
City population886,0405,866,139
People per km²3,6838,158
Museums within 10 km2740
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). 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. 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.