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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Singapore or Tel Aviv?

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
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Tel Aviv 80: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Tel Aviv 57: Singapore leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Tel Aviv 52: Tel Aviv leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Tel Aviv 68: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Tel Aviv 64: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Tel Aviv 55: Singapore leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Tel Aviv 14: Singapore leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Tel Aviv 35: Singapore leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Singapore
57match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeTel Aviv
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseHebrew
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995Police 100, fire 102
Elevation21 m5 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeTel Aviv
City population5,866,139467,875
People per km²8,1588,998
Museums within 10 km4098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 months

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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.