Global CityIntelligence

Singapore / Southeast Asia

Singapore City Intelligence

Singapore is a high-capacity city-state with exceptional public services, strong digital infrastructure, and ongoing climate adaptation under hot-and-humid conditions. Singapore is a southeast asia city of about 5.9M city-state in Singapore. On the composite city-intelligence score, Singapore sits near the top of the indexed set (90/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
5.9M city-state
View of Singapore, Singapore

Image credit: Image: Ramir Borja. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Visual context

Additional verified imagery for Singapore, Singapore. Each photo is sourced from Wikimedia Commons with full attribution and a permissive license.

Overall score

Singapore is most useful for users comparing service quality, connectivity, and urban planning rigor against high housing costs and heat exposure.

Overall90/100
Affordability60/100
Air quality80/100
Energy85/100

Overall city intelligence

Exceptional

90/100

Top-tier services, governance, and digital infrastructure with heat exposure to manage.

Service depth

Exceptional

Health, transit, and digital services reach near-universal coverage.

Heat adaptation

Active

Continuous urban heat-management investment shapes outdoor design.

Singapore data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Singapore city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score90/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living60/100Singapore is expensive on rent and vehicles, balanced by strong transit, public services, and food-court price stability.
Air Quality80/100Singapore performs well on clean air with periodic regional haze events as the main exposure pressure.
Energy85/100Singapore is energy-import dependent but progressing on renewables, regional power imports, and strong building efficiency.
Safety95/100Singapore is among the safest cities globally, with very low violent-crime context and strong institutional response.
Internet Speed95/100Singapore is a global connectivity leader with very fast fiber, dense 5G mobile, and a digital-readiness culture across services.
Climate Risk65/100Singapore faces meaningful climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and long-run sea-level pressure, balanced by very strong adaptation capacity.
Resilience92/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety88/100
Low crime91/100
Personal safety90/100
Night safety81/100
Road safety85/100

Singapore ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (88/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life83/100
Healthcare95/100
Education95/100
Green space49/100
Cleanliness94/100
Infrastructure100/100
Mobility84/100

Singapore has a very high quality-of-life estimate (83/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, public transport, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness83/100
Education95/100
Green space49/100
Overall safety88/100

Singapore scores very high for family living (83/100), helped by education access, safety and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability85/100
Walkability98/100
Cycling86/100
Infrastructure100/100

Singapore is very high for remote workers (85/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability77/100
Healthcare95/100
Cleanliness94/100
Outdoor lifestyle17/100

Singapore is high for retirement (77/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Singapore

Local public safety guidance for Singapore, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Singapore emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Police99924/7—
Ambulance and fire99524/7995 routes to the Singapore Civil Defence Force for ambulance and fire emergencies.
Fire and ambulance99524/7—

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Singapore, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Singapore emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Singapore

Healthcare context for Singapore, with national-level information from Singapore where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Singapore, see the Singapore healthcare profile.

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Singapore

Local mobility context for Singapore, with national-level context from Singapore where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Singapore, see the Singapore transport profile.

Airports serving Singapore
AirportIATAOfficial link
Singapore Changi AirportSINOfficial page

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Singapore. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Singapore

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Singapore will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Singapore air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Related comparisons

Pairs that share a city, comparison intent, or region — useful for users planning a wider relocation, remote-work, or business decision.

Singapore in city collections

Curated city collections that include Singapore. Each is a comparison-oriented shortlist, not an official ranking.

Singapore intent guides

Practical intent-focused guides available for Singapore. Each guide is a comparison-oriented view, not an official ranking.

  • Singapore for Remote work

    Singapore includes verified emergency, healthcare, aviation, and transport authority context at country and city levels, supporting detailed remote-work comparison.

  • Singapore for Family life

    Singapore combines verified MOH, SPF, SCDF, LTA, and Changi context with structured intelligence to support family-relevant comparison.

  • Singapore for Startup ecosystem

    Singapore includes verified emergency, healthcare, aviation, and transport authority context across country and city scope, supporting startup-hub comparison.

Explore Singapore modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Singapore

Singapore is expensive on rent and vehicles, balanced by strong transit, public services, and food-court price stability.

Air Quality in Singapore

Singapore performs well on clean air with periodic regional haze events as the main exposure pressure.

Energy in Singapore

Singapore is energy-import dependent but progressing on renewables, regional power imports, and strong building efficiency.

Safety in Singapore

Singapore is among the safest cities globally, with very low violent-crime context and strong institutional response.

Internet Speed in Singapore

Singapore is a global connectivity leader with very fast fiber, dense 5G mobile, and a digital-readiness culture across services.

Climate Risk in Singapore

Singapore faces meaningful climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and long-run sea-level pressure, balanced by very strong adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Singapore

Cost of living estimates for Singapore — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Singapore

Climate profile for Singapore — Tropical climate, annual average 27°C, comfort score 41/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Singapore

Economy and jobs profile for Singapore — global hub, economy score 93/100, key industries including technology, research, finance. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Singapore

Education profile for Singapore — global academic hub, education score 85/100, 14 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Singapore

Healthcare and retirement profile for Singapore — global medical hub, healthcare score 82/100, retirement score 69/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Arrival planning guide for Singapore

Practical arrival planning context for Singapore — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, budgeting tools, and methodology. Not an official airport or travel instruction service.

Estimate a monthly budget for Singapore

Estimate a monthly budget for Singapore using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Singapore

Plan a trip budget for Singapore using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Singapore

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Singapore. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cross-border · about 318 km from Singapore. Explore Kuala Lumpur's city intelligence profile.

Jakarta, Indonesia

Cross-border · about 892 km from Singapore. Explore Jakarta's city intelligence profile.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Cross-border · about 1150 km from Singapore. Explore Phnom Penh's city intelligence profile.

Bangkok, Thailand

Cross-border · about 1434 km from Singapore. Explore Bangkok's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Singapore is most useful for users comparing service quality, connectivity, and urban planning rigor against high housing costs and heat exposure. Its standout dimensions are safety (95/100) and internet speed (95/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (60/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Singapore country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Singapore appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.