🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇸🇬 Singapore
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on nature. Singapore leads on cities, food and getting around.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $150 in Singapore.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇸🇬 Singapore
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsFeb, Mar
- $190A normal day$150
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London13h 5m to Singapore
- Not the drawBeaches and seaNot the draw
- GoodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingNot the draw
- Not the drawValue for moneyNot the draw
- Very goodEasy to get aroundExceptional
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundThe MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxi
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidNothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around September
Pick by what you want
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
🇸🇬 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 Iceland 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.