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A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

San Juan 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 San Juan for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • families
  • 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. San Juan 84, Singapore 40: San Juan leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan 64, Singapore 62: San Juan leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Singapore 50: San Juan leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Singapore 45: San Juan leads by 29 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, Singapore 25: San Juan leads by 27 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 30 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Singapore 25: San Juan leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, Singapore 50: San Juan leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan and Singapore are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Singapore.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

San Juan
57match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °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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San JuanSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanSingapore
Official languageSpanish, EnglishEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation3 m21 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanSingapore
City population342,2595,866,139
People per km²2,8478,158
Museums within 10 km1840
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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). 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.