🇸🇬 Singapore or 🇵🇹 Portugal
Which one, honestly
Singapore leads on cities, food and getting around. Portugal leads on the sea, nature and value for money.
A normal day costs about $150 in Singapore and $125 in Portugal.
Side by side
- 🇸🇬 Singapore🇵🇹 Portugal
- Feb, MarBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $150A normal day$125
- 13h 5m to SingaporeNonstop from London2h 45m to Lisbon
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- Not the drawNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyVery good
- ExceptionalEasy to get aroundVery good
- The MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxiGetting aroundCheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine country
- Nothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around SeptemberWhen to avoidThe Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in price
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 Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
Full Singapore guide →Full Portugal 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.