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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Singapore or Warsaw?

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

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Warsaw 60: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Warsaw 47: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Warsaw 62: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Warsaw 72: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Warsaw 55: Singapore leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Warsaw 35: Singapore leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Singapore
57match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeWarsaw
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChinesePolish
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995112
Elevation21 m118 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeWarsaw
City population5,866,1391,862,402
People per km²8,1583,601
Museums within 10 km40117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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.