Singapore named one of the noisiest cities in the world, according to survey

A city’s sounds are what give it its identity.

However, certain locations are noisier than others.

Singapore came in ninth place in a survey by the US online language-learning platform Preply, suggesting that it is among the top 10 loudest cities in the world.

Hong Kong, New York City, and Paris are at the top of the list.

Seoul is ranked tenth, and Tokyo is ranked eighth among the other Asian cities mentioned.

Preply developed a seedlist of the world’s largest cities and then used metrics like population density, noise pollution levels, and even the quantity of attraction reviews that mentioned terms like “loud” and “noisy” to rank them.

Another factor is the average amount of time spent in traffic; according to the survey, people here spend 41 minutes stuck in traffic.

According to the survey, Singapore has a population density of 11,000 persons per square kilometer. However, a brief lookup on SingStat indicates that as of 2023, there are 8,058 people per square kilometer.

 

According to the study, these metrics were derived from sources such as nomadlist.com, numbeo.com and tripadvisor.co.uk.

 

On the other end of the spectrum, the survey ranks Frankfurt, Munich and Amsterdam as the quietest cities.

Only one Asian city has made it onto this list — Kyoto.

 

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