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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Singapore or Sydney?

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

  • getting around
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Sydney for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Sydney 77: Singapore leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Sydney 60: Singapore leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Sydney 50: Sydney leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Sydney 75: Singapore leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Sydney 75: Singapore leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Sydney 68: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Sydney 22: Singapore leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Sydney.

Your match

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

Singapore
57match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeSydney
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseEnglish
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995000
Elevation21 m6 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeSydney
City population5,866,1395,450,496
People per km²8,158449
Museums within 10 km4038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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. 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.