🇸🇬 Singapore or 🇹🇭 Thailand
And what the world thinks
🇸🇬 Singapore leads by 26 votes.
Which one, honestly
Singapore leads on cities and getting around. Thailand leads on the sea, value for money and nature.
A normal day costs about $150 in Singapore and $85 in Thailand.
Side by side
- 🇸🇬 Singapore🇹🇭 Thailand
- Feb to MarBest monthsNov to Feb
- $150A normal day$85
- 13h 5m to SingaporeNonstop from London11h 30m to Bangkok
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Not the drawNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- ExceptionalEasy to get aroundVery good
- The MRT, cheap and spotless, you will not need a taxiGetting aroundCheap domestic flights, sleeper trains and boats, all easy
- Nothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around SeptemberWhen to avoidApril, the hottest month, and the burning season in the north
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 Thailand if
you want your money to go a very long way, with beaches and food, and you do not mind heat.
Full Singapore guide →Full Thailand 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.