🇸🇬 Singapore or 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Which one, honestly
Singapore leads on cities and getting around. Sri Lanka leads on the sea, nature and value for money.
A normal day costs about $150 in Singapore and $70 in Sri Lanka.
Side by side
- 🇸🇬 Singapore🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Feb, MarBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $150A normal day$70
- 13h 5m to SingaporeNonstop from London11h to Colombo
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Not the drawNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- ExceptionalEasy to get aroundGood
- The MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxiGetting aroundA car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow day
- Nothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around SeptemberWhen to avoidThe southwest in May and June, and the east from October to December
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 Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
Full Singapore guide →Full Sri Lanka 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.