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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Singapore or Wellington?

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
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Singapore leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Wellington 62: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Wellington 44: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Wellington 45: Singapore leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Wellington 40: Wellington leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Wellington 62: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Wellington 68: Singapore leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Wellington 42: Singapore leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Wellington 30: Singapore leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Wellington.

Your match

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

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeWellington
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995111
Elevation21 m0 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeWellington
City population5,866,139216,200
People per km²8,158487
Museums within 10 km4012
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.