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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Singapore or Tallinn?

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

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Singapore leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Tallinn 52: Singapore leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Tallinn 44: Singapore leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Tallinn 55: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Tallinn 60: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Tallinn 72: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Tallinn 40: Singapore leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore and Tallinn are level on 50.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on day trips and prices 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeTallinn
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseEstonian
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995112
Elevation21 m28 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeTallinn
City population5,866,139457,572
People per km²8,1582,871
Museums within 10 km4016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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.