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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • getting around
  • 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. Oaxaca 5, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Singapore 62: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca 62, Singapore 45: Oaxaca leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Singapore 25: Oaxaca leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Singapore 25: Oaxaca leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca 38, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Singapore 40: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Singapore.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
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.

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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OaxacaSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaSingapore
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation1,555 m21 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaSingapore
City population258,9135,866,139
People per km²3,0288,158
Museums within 10 km1040
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.