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The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Santa Marta 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 Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Marta’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. Santa Marta 70, Singapore 40: Santa Marta leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Santa Marta 44, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Santa Marta 34, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Santa Marta and Singapore are level on 50.
Nature & outdoors. Santa Marta 84, Singapore 45: Santa Marta leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Santa Marta 38, Singapore 25: Santa Marta leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Santa Marta 40, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Santa Marta 38, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Santa Marta 27, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Santa Marta 80, Singapore 25: Santa Marta leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santa Marta 17, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santa Marta 30, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santa Marta and Singapore.

Your match

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

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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.

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 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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Santa MartaSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanta MartaSingapore
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number123Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation8 m21 m
Main airportSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanta MartaSingapore
City population505,9155,866,139
People per km²1,7238,158
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.