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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Singapore or Tunis?

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

  • families
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Tunis 60: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Tunis 33: Singapore leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore and Tunis are level on 45.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Tunis 38: Singapore leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Tunis 48: Singapore leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Tunis 50: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Tunis 38: Singapore leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Tunis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Singapore
57match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices and day trips 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeTunis
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseArabic
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation21 m4 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeTunis
City population5,866,139602,560
People per km²8,1582,834
Museums within 10 km4016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.