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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Singapore or Zurich?

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
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Zurich for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Zurich 53: Singapore leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Zurich 58: Singapore leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Zurich 76: Singapore leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Zurich 66: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Zurich 3: Singapore leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Zurich.

Your match

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

Singapore
57match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on day trips 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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeZurich
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995112
Elevation21 m408 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeZurich
City population5,866,139440,935
People per km²8,1585,016
Museums within 10 km4063
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.