🇨🇷 Costa Rica or 🇸🇬 Singapore
Which one, honestly
Costa Rica leads on nature and the sea. Singapore leads on cities, food and getting around.
A normal day costs about $130 in Costa Rica and $150 in Singapore.
Side by side
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica🇸🇬 Singapore
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsFeb, Mar
- $130A normal day$150
- 5h 15m to San JoseNonstop from New York18h 45m to Singapore
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Not the drawCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingNot the draw
- Not the drawValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundExceptional
- A hire car with clearance, the distances are short but the roads are slowGetting aroundThe MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxi
- September and October on the Caribbean side, the wettest weeks of the yearWhen to avoidNothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around September
Pick by what you want
🇨🇷 Choose Costa Rica if
you want wildlife above everything else, cloud forest and two oceans in one small country, and you accept it costs more than its neighbours.
🇸🇬 Choose Singapore if
you want a short, effortless, very safe city stop with world class food, and you are pairing it with somewhere else.
Full Costa Rica guide →Full Singapore guide →
And what the world thinks
🇸🇬 Singapore leads by 25 votes.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.