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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Singapore or Toronto?

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
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Toronto for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Singapore leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Toronto 70: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Toronto 50: Singapore leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Toronto 74: Singapore leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Toronto 65: Singapore leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Toronto 66: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Toronto 33: Singapore leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Toronto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Singapore
57match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeToronto
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseFrench, English
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995911
Elevation21 m76 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeToronto
City population5,866,1392,794,356
People per km²8,1584,434
Museums within 10 km4032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Singapore or Toronto somewhere new.

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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.