{"id":1302960,"date":"2026-10-01T12:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302960"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:10:03","slug":"singapore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/asia\/singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302035,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Singapore country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Singapore","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"A city, an island and a country all at once, where a Michelin-starred meal costs \u20ac5 at a hawker centre and the transport works better than anywhere on earth.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302962","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a district | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac20 | Dorm bed, from\r\n\u20ac4 | A hawker centre meal\r\n1\u00b0 | North of the equator\r\n4 | Official languages","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Small enough to cross in an hour","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Singapore is a city-state of 730 square kilometres, which means the whole country is smaller than most capital regions and you can cross it by metro in about an hour. That compactness is the appeal: three or four days is genuinely enough to see it properly.\r\n\r\nIt also means the country divides by neighbourhood rather than by city. Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam each have their own food, temples and character; the Colonial District has the museums; Marina Bay has the skyline, the Gardens by the Bay supertrees and the hotel with the boat on top.\r\n\r\nThe reputation for expense is half true. Accommodation and alcohol are genuinely costly. Food is not \u2014 hawker centres serve some of the best food in Asia for \u20ac3 to \u20ac6, and two hawker stalls here have held Michelin stars. Eat like a local and Singapore is affordable; eat like a tourist and it is not.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Languages | English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil are all official. English is universal\r\nCurrency | Singapore dollar (SGD)\r\nEmergency | 999 police, 995 ambulance\r\nTap water | Safe and drinkable\r\nTipping | Not practised. Service charge is added at restaurants\r\nLaws | Fines for littering, eating on the MRT and more. They are enforced\r\nHow long to stay | Three or four days\r\nBest months | February to April, though it barely varies","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Singapore is a city-state \u2014 one city, crossed end to end in under an hour on the MRT.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Singapore | A city, an island and a country at once: hawker centres, four cultures, and a national park's worth of green in the middle of it. |  | 1302963 | Im in love with Singapore. I will definitely be back with friends and family. Clean, organised, easy to travel around , good food and friendly people. | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Singapore is a short, dense city trip, and eating is the main event.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Food | sunset | local-markets | The best value eating in any expensive city. | Chicken rice at a hawker centre; Banana leaf curry in Little India; Chilli crab, once | Maxwell; Old Airport Road; Tekka Centre | Chinatown; Little India | food\nCity break | blue | city | Three or four days, all on the metro. | Gardens by the Bay light show, free; A shophouse walk in Kampong Glam; The National Gallery | Marina Bay; Kampong Glam; Tiong Bahru | Marina Bay; Chinatown | city-break\nCulture | purple | culture | Four cultures sharing one small island. | Sri Mariamman temple; Sultan Mosque; The Peranakan Museum | Chinatown; Little India; Kampong Glam | Chinatown; Little India; Kampong Glam | culture\nAdventure | green | backpack | More green space than the skyline suggests. | Walk the MacRitchie treetop bridge; Cycle the Rail Corridor; Southern Ridges walk | MacRitchie; Southern Ridges; Pulau Ubin | Marina Bay; Sentosa | adventure\nBeach | sunset | sunglasses | Sentosa and East Coast, and they are fine rather than great. | East Coast Park on a bike; Sentosa beaches; A sunset at Marina Barrage | Sentosa; East Coast Park | Sentosa | beach\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Rooftops, shophouse bars, and very expensive drinks. | A rooftop with a skyline view; Shophouse cocktail bars in Chinatown; A hawker centre beer instead | Clarke Quay; Chinatown shophouses; Marina Bay rooftops | Marina Bay; Chinatown | nightlife","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Singapore","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Gardens by the Bay is the signature, and the Supertree light show in the evening is free \u2014 the conservatories cost extra and are worth it for the cloud forest dome. Marina Bay Sands' observation deck gives the view; the rooftop bar at the same height costs about the same once you have bought a drink.\r\n\r\nThe three cultural quarters are the better half of the city. Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam are each about an hour's walk and are best combined with eating your way through them.\r\n\r\nFor green space, MacRitchie Reservoir has a treetop suspension bridge and monkeys twenty minutes from the centre, and Pulau Ubin, a boat ride away, is an island of dirt tracks and old kampong houses that shows what Singapore looked like fifty years ago.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Supertree light show | Free, twice nightly at Gardens by the Bay\r\nHawker centres | The main activity. Maxwell, Old Airport Road, Tekka\r\nMacRitchie | Treetop bridge and rainforest, twenty minutes from the centre\r\nPulau Ubin | A boat ride to the Singapore of fifty years ago","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Singapore","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Singapore","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Hawker centres are the reason to come. They are covered food courts of individual stalls, government-run and hygiene-graded, where a plate of Hainanese chicken rice, char kway teow, laksa or roti prata costs \u20ac3 to \u20ac6. Two stalls in the city have held Michelin stars.\r\n\r\nThe four food cultures \u2014 Chinese, Malay, Indian and Peranakan \u2014 overlap constantly, which is why breakfast might be kaya toast with soft eggs and lunch a banana leaf curry.\r\n\r\nChilli crab is the famous dish and the one exception on price, at \u20ac40 to \u20ac70 at a seafood restaurant. Most people do it once. Drinks are where budgets break: a beer is \u20ac8 to \u20ac12 in a bar, which is more than most meals.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Hawker centres | \u20ac3\u20136 a dish. Hygiene-graded and government-run\r\nChicken rice | The national dish, and about \u20ac4\r\nChilli crab | \u20ac40\u201370. Do it once\r\nBeer | \u20ac8\u201312 in a bar, and more than a meal","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Singapore","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Singapore","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Singapore's nightlife is polished and expensive. Rooftop bars around Marina Bay charge \u20ac18 to \u20ac25 for a cocktail and give you one of the great city views in return. Shophouse bars in Chinatown and Keong Saik are better value and considerably more interesting, and Singapore's bar scene regularly places several venues in Asia's best lists.\r\n\r\nClarke Quay is the tourist strip and behaves like one. Haji Lane and the Kampong Glam side streets are where younger locals drink.\r\n\r\nThe cheapest evening is a hawker centre with large bottles of beer at \u20ac6 to \u20ac8, which is what many Singaporeans actually do. Alcohol sales in shops stop at 10.30pm, and public drinking after that is restricted, which surprises people.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Rooftop cocktails | \u20ac18\u201325, for one of the great city views\r\nShophouse bars | Chinatown and Keong Saik. Better value and more interesting\r\nRetail alcohol | Shops stop selling at 22:30, and public drinking is restricted after that\r\nCheapest | Large beers at a hawker centre, \u20ac6\u20138","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Singapore","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Singapore","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"The MRT is among the best metro systems in the world: clean, cheap, air-conditioned and covering essentially everywhere including the airport. Contactless bank cards work directly at the gates, so there is no need for a transit card at all.\r\n\r\nBuses fill the gaps and take the same payment. Grab handles taxis.\r\n\r\nChangi airport is worth arriving early for \u2014 it has a waterfall, gardens and a cinema, and is consistently rated the best airport in the world. And the causeway to Malaysia is an hour away, which makes Johor Bahru or even Melaka a possible day trip if you have the time.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"MRT | Contactless bank cards work at the gates. No transit card needed\r\nAirport | Changi is a destination in itself. Arrive early\r\nGrab | For taxis, and cheaper than street cabs\r\nMalaysia | The causeway is an hour away for a day trip","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Singapore","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Singapore costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Singapore's reputation for expense comes from beds and drinks. Dorms start around \u20ac20 and hotels are genuinely costly for what you get, and a beer at \u20ac8 to \u20ac12 in a bar is among the priciest in Asia.\r\n\r\nEverything else is reasonable. Hawker meals are \u20ac3 to \u20ac6, MRT rides about a euro, and many of the best things \u2014 Gardens by the Bay's outdoor areas and light show, the cultural quarters, MacRitchie, the Southern Ridges walk \u2014 are free.\r\n\r\nA careful day is \u20ac45 to \u20ac65. Two rooftop cocktails and a chilli crab dinner will double that in an evening, which is the choice the city puts in front of you.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac20. The main expense here\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac45\u201365 eating at hawker centres\r\nHawker meal | \u20ac3\u20136\r\nFree | The light show, the cultural quarters and most of the green space","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Singapore","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Singapore","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Singapore is among the safest countries in the world. Street crime is very rare, walking alone at night is unremarkable anywhere in the city, and people leave belongings unattended in caf\u00e9s to reserve tables.\r\n\r\nWhat requires attention is the law rather than crime. Fines apply to littering, eating or drinking on the MRT, jaywalking and smoking outside designated areas, and they are enforced. Chewing gum cannot be imported for sale. Vaping is banned entirely, including possession, and the penalties are real.\r\n\r\nDrug laws carry the death penalty for trafficking, and quantities that would be treated as possession elsewhere can meet that threshold. Singapore also tests arriving travellers in some circumstances for drugs consumed abroad, which is unusual and worth knowing.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 999 police, 995 ambulance\r\nFines | Littering, eating on the MRT and smoking outside zones. Enforced\r\nVaping | Banned entirely, including possession. Do not bring one\r\nDrug laws | The death penalty applies for trafficking. No exceptions","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"All safety guides for Singapore","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Most nationalities enter visa-free for 30 to 90 days, and entry is quick and efficient.\r\n\r\nAn SG Arrival Card must be submitted online within three days before arrival, and there is no paper alternative \u2014 this is the one piece of admin that catches people out.\r\n\r\nPassports need six months' validity from entry. Note the customs rules: vaping devices, chewing gum for sale and e-cigarettes are prohibited, and duty-free allowances on alcohol are enforced.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Visa-free | 30\u201390 days for most nationalities\r\nSG Arrival Card | Submitted online within three days before arrival. Mandatory\r\nPassport validity | Six months from entry\r\nProhibited items | Vapes and e-cigarettes, including for personal use","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"travel-tips","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"All travel tips for Singapore","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"One degree north of the equator, so it is hot, humid and about 31\u00b0C every single day. The variable is rain and events rather than season.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs barely move \u2014 it is around 31\u00b0C year-round with high humidity. The northeast monsoon from November to January is the wettest period, and the Formula 1 weekend in September or October is when hotel prices peak.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 30 | 3 | Northeast monsoon. Wetter, and Chinese New Year may fall here\r\nFebruary | 31 | 4 | One of the drier months. Chinese New Year fills Chinatown\r\nMarch | 32 | 4 | Warm and relatively dry. A good month\r\nApril | 32 | 4 | Hot and humid. Still comparatively dry\r\nMay | 32 | 3 | Hot. Afternoon thunderstorms become frequent\r\nJune | 32 | 4 | Great Singapore Sale, and school holiday crowds\r\nJuly | 31 | 4 | Warm and busy. Haze risk from regional fires\r\nAugust | 31 | 4 | National Day on the 9th. Haze risk continues\r\nSeptember | 31 | 4 | Formula 1 night race fills the city and hotels\r\nOctober | 31 | 3 | Deepavali in Little India. Warm and wet\r\nNovember | 31 | 2 | Wettest stretch begins. Quiet and cheaper\r\nDecember | 30 | 4 | Wet but festive. Christmas on Orchard Road is a real event","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, in euro equivalents of Singapore dollars.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Drinks are the variable that breaks budgets here \u2014 a beer is \u20ac8\u201312 in a bar and rooftop cocktails \u20ac18\u201325, which is more than a day of hawker food.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5\r\nMiddle of the road | 30 | 25 | 5 | 18\r\nComfortable | 50 | 48 | 9 | 40","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Four cultures means a lot of festivals, and the Formula 1 weekend is when the city is at its most expensive.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"singapore","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Singapore","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/asia\/singapore\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Chinese New Year | January or February | Chinatown | Street markets, light-ups and a river parade. 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Most are in Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam, and capsule-style pods are common.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Singapore","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/asia\/singapore\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"189","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Singapore travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Singapore? | Three or four. The whole country is smaller than most capital regions and you can cross it by metro in an hour, so that is enough for the cultural quarters, Marina Bay, a hawker crawl and some green space.\r\nIs Singapore expensive? | Beds and drinks are; food is not. Dorms from \u20ac20 and a beer at \u20ac8 to \u20ac12 in a bar, against hawker meals at \u20ac3 to \u20ac6. Eat like a local and a day is \u20ac45 to \u20ac65; drink like a tourist and it doubles in an evening.\r\nWhat is a hawker centre? | A covered food court of individual stalls, government-run and hygiene-graded, serving the best value food in the city at \u20ac3 to \u20ac6 a plate. Two stalls in Singapore have held Michelin stars. Maxwell, Old Airport Road and Tekka are the ones to start with.\r\nWhat are the laws I should know about? | Fines apply to littering, eating or drinking on the MRT and smoking outside designated zones, and they are enforced. Vaping is banned entirely including possession. Drug trafficking carries the death penalty, with thresholds lower than people assume.\r\nDo I need to fill in anything before arriving? | Yes \u2014 the SG Arrival Card must be submitted online within three days before you land, and there is no paper alternative. 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