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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Nice 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 Nice for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • food and drink
  • 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. Nice 75, Singapore 40: Nice leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Singapore 62: Nice leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Singapore 45: Nice leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Singapore 25: Nice leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Singapore 25: Nice leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice and Singapore are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Singapore.

Your match

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

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on families and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceSingapore
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 airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceSingapore
City population357,7375,866,139
People per km²4,9758,158
Museums within 10 km1740
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.