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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

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. Mumbai 18, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Singapore 62: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Singapore 50: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Singapore 45: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Singapore 25: Mumbai leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Singapore 25: Mumbai leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Singapore 50: Mumbai leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Singapore.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiSingapore
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation14 m21 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiSingapore
City population15,414,2885,866,139
People per km²25,5638,158
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.