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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Oslo 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 Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Singapore for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • families

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. Oslo 36, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Singapore 62: Oslo leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Singapore 45: Oslo leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Singapore 25: Oslo leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Singapore 25: Singapore leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Singapore 50: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Singapore 40: Oslo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Singapore.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Oslo
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloSingapore
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation23 m21 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloSingapore
City population717,7105,866,139
People per km²-8,158
Museums within 10 km6040
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.