🇸🇬 Singapore or 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Which one, honestly
Singapore leads on cities, food and getting around. Costa Rica leads on nature and the sea.
A normal day costs about $150 in Singapore and $130 in Costa Rica.
Side by side
- 🇸🇬 Singapore🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Feb, MarBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $150A normal day$130
- 18h 45m to SingaporeNonstop from New York5h 15m to San Jose
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Not the drawNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyNot the draw
- ExceptionalEasy to get aroundGood
- The MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxiGetting aroundA hire car with clearance, the distances are short but the roads are slow
- Nothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around SeptemberWhen to avoidSeptember and October on the Caribbean side, the wettest weeks of the year
Pick by what you want
🇸🇬 Choose Singapore if
you want a short, effortless, very safe city stop with world class food, and you are pairing it with somewhere else.
🇨🇷 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.
Full Singapore guide →Full Costa Rica 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.