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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Singapore or Split?

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 Singapore for

  • shopping
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Split for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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. Singapore 40, Split 75: Split leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Split 57: Singapore leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Split 66: Split leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Split 52: Split leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Split 77: Split leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Split 78: Split leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Split 54: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Split 67: Singapore leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Split 32: Singapore leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Split 45: Split leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Split 37: Singapore leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore and Split are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Split.

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

Singapore
57match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Split
57match

Wins on day trips 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.

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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeSplit
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseCroatian
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995112
Elevation21 m0 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeSplit
City population5,866,139160,577
People per km²8,158-
Museums within 10 km4011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.