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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

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

Singapore or Vancouver?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Vancouver 72: Singapore leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Vancouver 42: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Vancouver 42: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Vancouver 72: Singapore leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Vancouver 73: Singapore leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Vancouver 55: Singapore leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Vancouver 27: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Vancouver.

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 shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeVancouver
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995911
Elevation21 m2 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeVancouver
City population5,866,139662,248
People per km²8,1585,759
Museums within 10 km4026
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.