TravelCityIndex
HomeCheapestSafestBest timeMethodology
TravelCityIndex

One page of sourced numbers per city: what a day costs, what the travel advisory says, and which months score best on the weather.

Data: GeoNames, Open-Meteo, World Bank, US State Department, UK FCDO.

Site

  • About
  • Sources
  • Methodology
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact
© 2026 Travel City Index. Every number on this site comes from a dataset named on the page that shows it.
  1. Home
  2. /Shanghai
  3. /Shanghai vs Singapore

China · Singapore

Shanghai vs Singapore: cost, safety and weather compared (2026)

Every figure below comes from the same datasets for both cities, so the two columns are comparable.

Shanghai and Singapore compared on cost, safety, weather and size
ShanghaiChinaSingaporeSingapore
Daily cost, per personestimate
Budget$55$70
Mid-range$125$165
Luxury$265$355
Price level0.47× US (2025)0.60× US (2025)
US advisoryLevel 3Level 1
Best monthsMay, Oct and NovFeb, Jul and Sep
Annual rain1,377 mm2,361 mm
Average high22.1 °C30.2 °C
Population24.9M5.6M
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiAsia/Singapore

The short answer

Shanghai is about 24 % cheaper per day than Singapore, $125 against $165 (mid-range estimate). Singapore has the lower US advisory level (1 vs 3). In September, the daily average is 27 °C in Shanghai and 28 °C in Singapore.

Keep reading

City overviews

  • Shanghai overview
  • Singapore overview

Cost and safety in detail

  • Shanghai trip cost
  • Is Shanghai safe?
  • Singapore trip cost
  • Is Singapore safe?

Where they rank

  • Cheapest cities in Asia
  • Safest cities in Asia

Countries

  • All cities in China
  • All cities in Singapore

Sources

  • GeoNames city database — CC BY 4.0, fetched September 14, 2026
  • Open-Meteo climate archive — CC BY 4.0, fetched September 21, 2026
  • World Bank price level and exchange rate — CC BY 4.0, data year 2025
  • US State Department travel advisories — public domain, fetched September 21, 2026

Dates are the most recent fetch across the cities on this page. Every sentence here is generated from the data by rule, with no AI writing; the formulas are public.