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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

New York 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 New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • prices
  • getting around

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. New York 50, Singapore 40: New York leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. New York 92, Singapore 88: New York leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. New York 89, Singapore 62: New York leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. New York 97, Singapore 50: New York leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. New York 55, Singapore 45: New York leads by 10 points.
Day trips. New York 68, Singapore 25: New York leads by 43 points.
Good for families. New York 70, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Getting around. New York 82, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. New York 97, Singapore 76: New York leads by 21 points.
Affordability. New York 12, Singapore 25: Singapore leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. New York 99, Singapore 50: New York leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New York 42, Singapore 40: New York leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New York and Singapore.

Your match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on families and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °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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New YorkSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew YorkSingapore
Official language-English, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)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
Elevation25 m21 m
Main airportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew YorkSingapore
City population8,804,1905,866,139
People per km²7,2568,158
Museums within 10 km15740
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. 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.