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Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Montreal 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 Montreal for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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. Montreal 25, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Montreal 78, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Montreal 60, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Montreal 75, Singapore 50: Montreal leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montreal 66, Singapore 45: Montreal leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Montreal 55, Singapore 25: Montreal leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Montreal 68, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Montreal 72, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Montreal 60, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Montreal 45, Singapore 25: Montreal leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montreal 76, Singapore 50: Montreal leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montreal 57, Singapore 40: Montreal leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montreal and Singapore.

Your match

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

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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.

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 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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MontrealSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontrealSingapore
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation31 m21 m
Main airportMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontrealSingapore
City population1,895,2115,866,139
People per km²3,8068,158
Museums within 10 km3740
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.