🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇸🇬 Singapore
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on value for money, the sea and nature. Singapore leads on food, getting around and cities.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $150 in Singapore.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇸🇬 Singapore
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsFeb, Mar
- $75A normal day$150
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London13h 5m to Singapore
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingNot the draw
- ExceptionalValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundExceptional
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundThe MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxi
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidNothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around September
Pick by what you want
🇪🇬 Choose Egypt if
you want the oldest thing on this list, a river trip through it, and Red Sea diving, at prices nowhere in Europe matches.
🇸🇬 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 Egypt 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.