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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Singapore or Valparaiso?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Singapore leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Valparaiso 50: Singapore leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore and Valparaiso are level on 62.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Valparaiso 33: Singapore leads by 55 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Valparaiso 44: Singapore leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Valparaiso 30: Singapore leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Valparaiso 38: Singapore leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Valparaiso 18: Singapore leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeValparaiso
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseSpanish
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation21 m21 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeValparaiso
City population5,866,139296,655
People per km²8,1586,180
Museums within 10 km4017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.