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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Singapore or Whistler?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Whistler 40: Singapore leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Whistler 20: Singapore leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Whistler 42: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Whistler 68: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Whistler 68: Singapore leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Whistler 30: Singapore leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Whistler 12: Singapore leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Whistler 15: Singapore leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Whistler.

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.

Whistler
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeWhistler
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 m670 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeWhistler
City population5,866,13913,982
People per km²8,15858
Museums within 10 km401
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.