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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Singapore or Windhoek?

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

  • getting around
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Singapore leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Windhoek 36: Singapore leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Windhoek 30: Singapore leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Windhoek 25: Singapore leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Windhoek 14: Singapore leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Windhoek 30: Singapore leads by 58 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Windhoek 22: Singapore leads by 70 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Windhoek 30: Singapore leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Windhoek 18: Singapore leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

Your match

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

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeWindhoek
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseEnglish
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995112
Elevation21 m1,650 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeWindhoek
City population5,866,139486,169
People per km²8,15895
Museums within 10 km405
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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.