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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Portofino 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 Portofino for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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. Portofino 60, Singapore 40: Portofino leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Singapore 45: Portofino leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Singapore 25: Portofino leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 55 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Singapore 25: Singapore leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Singapore 40: Portofino leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Singapore.

Your match

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

Portofino
38match

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

Singapore
Best match
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.

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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Where the figures come from

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoSingapore
Official languageItalianEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation20 m21 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoSingapore
City population3555,866,139
People per km²1428,158
Museums within 10 km1440
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.