🇸🇬 Singapore or 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Which one, honestly
Singapore leads on getting around and cities. Vietnam leads on nature, value for money and the sea.
A normal day costs about $150 in Singapore and $70 in Vietnam.
Side by side
- 🇸🇬 Singapore🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Feb, MarBest monthsMar, Apr, Oct, Nov
- $150A normal day$70
- 13h 5m to SingaporeNonstop from London12h to Hanoi
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- 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 aroundCheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is long
- Nothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around SeptemberWhen to avoidThe north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoons
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 Vietnam if
you want the best street food in Asia on the smallest budget, and you do not mind a long thin country that takes time to cross.
Full Singapore guide →Full Vietnam 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.