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The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Quito 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 Quito for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • getting around
  • 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. Quito 5, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Quito 54, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Quito 77, Singapore 62: Quito leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Quito 40, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quito 86, Singapore 45: Quito leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Quito 55, Singapore 25: Quito leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Quito 32, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 56 points.
Getting around. Quito 45, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Quito 40, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Quito 78, Singapore 25: Quito leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quito 38, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quito 44, Singapore 40: Quito leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quito and Singapore.

Your match

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

Quito
50match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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.

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuitoSingapore
Official languageSpanish, Shuar, Northern QuichuaEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation2,850 m21 m
Main airportMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuitoSingapore
City population1,763,2755,866,139
People per km²4,7358,158
Museums within 10 km1640
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.