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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Singapore or Valencia?

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

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valencia for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Valencia 74: Singapore leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Valencia 75: Singapore leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Valencia 76: Singapore leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Valencia 57: Singapore leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Valencia.

Your match

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

Singapore
57match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeValencia
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseSpanish
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995112
Elevation21 m15 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeValencia
City population5,866,139840,792
People per km²8,1586,242
Museums within 10 km4045
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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.