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A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Samarkand 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 Samarkand for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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. Samarkand 4, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Samarkand 54, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Samarkand 84, Singapore 62: Samarkand leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Samarkand 14, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Samarkand 40, Singapore 45: Singapore leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Samarkand 72, Singapore 25: Samarkand leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Samarkand 30, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 58 points.
Getting around. Samarkand 58, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Samarkand 42, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Samarkand 80, Singapore 25: Samarkand leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Samarkand 24, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Samarkand 32, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Samarkand and Singapore.

Your match

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

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSamarkandSingapore
Official languageUzbekEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyUzbekistan Sum (UZS)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCFI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+5UTC+8
Emergency number112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation702 m21 m
Main airportSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSamarkandSingapore
City population546,3035,866,139
People per km²5,0588,158
Museums within 10 km1140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.