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The Sanctuary of Truth by the sea, Pattaya
PattayaThe Sanctuary of Truth by the sea
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Pattaya by Matrix, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Pattaya 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 Pattaya for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • 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. Pattaya 66, Singapore 40: Pattaya leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Pattaya 58, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Pattaya 30, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Pattaya 76, Singapore 50: Pattaya leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pattaya 40, Singapore 45: Singapore leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Pattaya 52, Singapore 25: Pattaya leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Pattaya 55, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Pattaya 36, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Pattaya 42, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Pattaya 84, Singapore 25: Pattaya leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pattaya 30, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pattaya 58, Singapore 40: Pattaya leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pattaya and Singapore.

Your match

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

Pattaya
52match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

Pattaya in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °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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Where the figures come from

Pattaya's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Sattahip.

Pattaya has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Pattaya's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Bangna Agromet / Ban Khlong Samrong.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pattaya: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1961-1990, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sattahip (31.2 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePattayaSingapore
Official languageThaiEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyBaht (THB)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation35 m21 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)83 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePattayaSingapore
City population119,5325,866,139
People per km²-8,158
Museums within 10 km040
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.