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The lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-SheikhThe lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Sharm el-Sheikh by Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Sharm el-Sheikh 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 Sharm el-Sheikh for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sharm el-Sheikh’s own page.

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • 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. Sharm el-Sheikh 87, Singapore 40: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Sharm el-Sheikh 30, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 58 points.
Culture & sights. Sharm el-Sheikh 12, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Sharm el-Sheikh 42, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sharm el-Sheikh 82, Singapore 45: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Sharm el-Sheikh 30, Singapore 25: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Sharm el-Sheikh 62, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Sharm el-Sheikh 22, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 70 points.
Shopping & style. Sharm el-Sheikh 25, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 51 points.
Affordability. Sharm el-Sheikh 74, Singapore 25: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sharm el-Sheikh 10, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sharm el-Sheikh 50, Singapore 40: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sharm el-Sheikh and Singapore.

Your match

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

Sharm el-Sheikh
44match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

Sharm el-Sheikh in July

38 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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Sharm el-SheikhSingapore

Where the figures come from

Sharm el-Sheikh has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sharm el-Sheikh: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSharm el-SheikhSingapore
Official languageArabicEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation1 m21 m
Main airportSharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)16 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSharm el-SheikhSingapore
City population73,0005,866,139
People per km²-8,158
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.