🇸🇬 Singapore or 🇹🇷 Türkiye
And what the world thinks
🇸🇬 Singapore leads by 15 votes.
Which one, honestly
Singapore leads on getting around. Türkiye leads on value for money, the sea and nature.
A normal day costs about $150 in Singapore and $90 in Türkiye.
Side by side
- 🇸🇬 Singapore🇹🇷 Türkiye
- Feb to MarBest monthsApr to May, Sep to Oct
- $150A normal day$90
- 18h 45m to SingaporeNonstop from New York10h 15m to Istanbul
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureExceptional
- 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 and long distance buses, both good
- Nothing seasonal, but the haze can appear in some years around SeptemberWhen to avoidIstanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidays
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 Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
Full Singapore guide →Full Türkiye 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.