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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Singapore for

  • shopping
  • 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. Montpellier 64, Singapore 40: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Singapore 50: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Singapore 45: Montpellier leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Singapore 25: Montpellier leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Singapore 25: Montpellier leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Singapore 50: Montpellier leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Singapore 40: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Singapore.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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

Singapore
57match

Wins on shopping 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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 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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MontpellierSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierSingapore
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
Elevation7 m21 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierSingapore
City population310,2405,866,139
People per km²5,4528,158
Museums within 10 km1440
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.