🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates or 🇸🇬 Singapore
And what the world thinks
🇸🇬 Singapore leads by 21 votes.
Which one, honestly
United Arab Emirates leads on the sea. Singapore leads on cities, food and getting around.
A normal day costs about $180 in United Arab Emirates and $150 in Singapore.
Side by side
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇸🇬 Singapore
- Nov to MarBest monthsFeb to Mar
- $180A normal day$150
- 12h 45m to DubaiNonstop from New York18h 45m to Singapore
- GoodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Not the drawNature and hikingNot the draw
- Not the drawValue for moneyNot the draw
- Very goodEasy to get aroundExceptional
- Metro in Dubai, taxis everywhere else, a car for the mountainsGetting aroundThe MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxi
- June to September, when outdoors stops being an optionWhen to avoidNothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around September
Pick by what you want
🇦🇪 Choose United Arab Emirates if
you want guaranteed winter sun, very short flights from Europe and Asia, and a city that works like clockwork.
🇸🇬 Choose Singapore if
you want a short, effortless, very safe city stop with world class food, and you are pairing it with somewhere else.
Full United Arab Emirates guide →Full Singapore guide →
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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.