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What Singapore Is Like

Here is a city, an island and a nation rolled into one, a few degrees north of the equator at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula. You can ride from one side to the other on the metro in roughly an hour, and every stop has something to look at, whether you have an afternoon or a week: breezy hawker centres serving lunch that is inexpensive and excellent, old shophouse lanes in Chinatown and Little India, and the glowing Supertrees of Gardens by the Bay on land reclaimed from the sea. English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil are all official languages, and you will hear each of them on an ordinary day, often within a single food court. Showers hit hard and pass quickly, and the temperature barely moves from one month to the next.

Getting to Singapore

  • By Air

    Almost every international flight, whichever airline you pick, touches down at Changi (SIN). A train gets you downtown in around forty minutes, and the terminals hold so many gardens, shops and attractions that some travellers plan a layover just to wander through them.

  • By Cruise

    Cruise ships tie up at the Marina Bay and HarbourFront terminals, mostly on loops around Southeast Asia. Arriving by sea takes longer than flying, yet the slow approach past the anchored cargo ships and the glittering skyline rewards anyone who stays up on deck.

Singapore's Airport

Virtually every air passenger entering or leaving the country goes through Changi, a major hub for the region, and the layout is designed to keep queues short and walking distances sensible. It also doubles as a hub linking Southeast Asia with Australia, so a change of planes here can make onward connections possible that a direct itinerary would not offer. This is the airport that will receive your flight:

  • Changi Airport (SIN)

Questions we get asked

Heat and humidity stay with you all year, so choose your dates around events more than around climate. Chinese New Year, Hari Raya and Deepavali light up the streets, and shoppers arrive for the mid-year sales season. The driest weeks tend to fall in February and March, though a shower can turn up in any month.

Singapore Airlines and its budget sister Scoot account for much of the traffic. Qantas, British Airways, Emirates and a long list of big Asian airlines also use Changi, so there is usually more than one way to get there and a fare worth comparing.

If it is your first visit, start with Gardens by the Bay and the Marina Bay waterfront, then add the Botanic Gardens and a stroll round Chinatown. Families often head for Sentosa. The zoo plus its night safari neighbour will fill the better part of a day.

The MRT network reaches nearly every district, trains come frequently and all signs are in English. Buses fill in the gaps, and taxis are simple to flag down. A contactless bank card is accepted at the fare gates, so you can skip buying a ticket at the machine.

Breathable clothing, comfortable walking shoes and a compact umbrella, since downpours can appear out of nowhere. Shopping malls and trains are chilled hard, so a thin jacket or scarf in your day bag helps. Pack sunscreen as well, because the sun is strong this close to the equator.

Yes. Visa, health and arrival-card rules shift from time to time, so read the official Singapore government guidance shortly before you leave instead of trusting what was true on a previous trip.