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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Singapore or Victoria?

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

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Singapore leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Victoria 50: Singapore leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Victoria 42: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Victoria 30: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Victoria 62: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Victoria 60: Singapore leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Victoria 40: Singapore leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Victoria 40: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Victoria.

Your match

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

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeVictoria
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 m23 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeVictoria
City population5,866,13991,867
People per km²8,1584,711
Museums within 10 km406
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.