🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇸🇬 Singapore
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on the sea, nature and value for money. Singapore leads on cities and getting around.
A normal day costs about $70 in Sri Lanka and $150 in Singapore.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇸🇬 Singapore
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsFeb, Mar
- $70A normal day$150
- 11h to ColomboNonstop from London13h 5m to Singapore
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Not the drawCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingNot the draw
- ExceptionalValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundExceptional
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundThe MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxi
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidNothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around September
Pick by what you want
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
🇸🇬 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 Sri Lanka 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.