🇸🇬 Singapore or 🇯🇵 Japan
Which one, honestly
Japan leads on nature and value for money.
A normal day costs about $150 in Singapore and $165 in Japan.
Side by side
- 🇸🇬 Singapore🇯🇵 Japan
- Feb, MarBest monthsMar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov
- $150A normal day$165
- 13h 5m to SingaporeNonstop from London14h to Tokyo
- Not the drawBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Not the drawNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyGood
- ExceptionalEasy to get aroundExceptional
- The MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxiGetting aroundThe best rail network in the world, buy the pass before you arrive
- Nothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around SeptemberWhen to avoidGolden Week in early May, when the whole country travels at once
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 Japan if
you want somewhere that feels genuinely different, you like cities and food, and you want everything to work perfectly.
Full Singapore guide →Full Japan 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.