Singapore
Capital of Singapore: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Singapore is the capital of Singapore. About 5.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Singapore in our atlas.
It lies at 1.29° N, 103.85° E, about 23 m (75 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Singapore time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Singapore. Green dots: other major cities of Singapore. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 24°C (74°F). Around 2,368 mm (93 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in SingaporeNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Ulu Bedok · 10 km
- Bedok New Town · 11 km
- Sengkang New Town · 12 km
- Jurong Town · 15 km
- Woodlands · 18 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1880252 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q49755161 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Singapore Botanic Gardens Palm Valley: Calvin teo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Singapore Skyline 2019-10: Unwicked, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Seating at Singapore National Stadium: Exec8, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- OUB Centre Skyward: SpLoT, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Puente Helix, Marina Bay, Singapur, 2023-08-16, DD 144-146 HDR: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Republic Plaza: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Universal Studios lake (6952709373): Ivan Bandura, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Singapore Merlion BCT: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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