🇵🇪 Peru or 🇸🇬 Singapore
Which one, honestly
Peru leads on nature and value for money. Singapore leads on getting around and cities.
A normal day costs about $85 in Peru and $150 in Singapore.
Side by side
- 🇵🇪 Peru🇸🇬 Singapore
- May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsFeb, Mar
- $85A normal day$150
- 7h 45m to LimaNonstop from New York18h 45m to Singapore
- Not the drawBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingNot the draw
- Very goodValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundExceptional
- Long distance buses are good and cheap, flights save whole daysGetting aroundThe MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxi
- February, when the rains peak and the Inca Trail closes for maintenanceWhen to avoidNothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around September
Pick by what you want
🇵🇪 Choose Peru if
you want the Andes, one of the best food scenes anywhere, and a ruin everyone knows, without paying European prices.
🇸🇬 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 Peru 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.