Miami or Singapore: which climate?
Miami (United States) has a tropical savanna climate, whereas Singapore (Singapore) has a tropical rainforest climate, according to the Köppen-Geiger classification.
The values compared here are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme. The same method and the same period apply to Miami and to Singapore.
Singapore is warmer than Miami by 2.5 °C in annual average: 26.9 °C against 24.4 °C.
Singapore gets more rain than Miami: 2,098 mm per year against 1,041 mm.
Miami and Singapore are warming at the same rate: about +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025 on both sides.
Miami averages 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 0 frost days per year; Singapore averages 1 and 0.
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
| Indicator | Miami | Singapore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily temperature | 24.4 °C | 26.9 °C | +2.5 °C |
| Average daily high | 26.7 °C | 27.9 °C | +1.2 °C |
| Average daily low | 22.3 °C | 25.9 °C | +3.6 °C |
| Annual rainfall | 1,041 mm | 2,098 mm | +1,057 mm |
| Sunshine / day | 10.6 h | 10.4 h | negligible |
| Hot days (≥ 30 °C) | 45 d/yr | 1 d/yr | -44 d/yr |
| Frost days (< 0 °C) | 0 d/yr | 0 d/yr | negligible |
| Rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 162 d/yr | 274 d/yr | +112 d/yr |
| Mean relative humidity | 75 % | 82 % | +7 % |
| Average peak wind | 21.3 km/h | 19.0 km/h | negligible |
A difference is only reported when it exceeds the resolution of the data. ERA5 is a reanalysis on a grid of about 31 km: two nearby cities often fall in the same cell, and below half a degree you are reading the grid, not the climate.