📍 Neighbourhood📸 Tourist Attraction

Chinatown

Outram, Singapore

4.5 (0)

Overview

Neighborhood in Singapore, subzone of Outram. It sits within Singapore's compact, walkable island, reachable by MRT in well under an hour from almost anywhere in the city.

Why visit: Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam — distinct quarters with their own food, architecture and rhythm.

Things to do

›Walk the shophouse streets
›Eat where the queue is longest
›Look up at the Peranakan tiles and shutters
›Visit the district's main temple or mosque

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Travel Information

Best time

Year-round; evenings are cooler and livelier

Weather

Equatorial and consistent all year — 25–33°C, humid, with a downpour most afternoons. The wetter northeast monsoon runs November to January; nothing here counts as a cool season.

Entry fee

Free to explore

Hours

Open access; shops and food from late morning to late evening

Est. budget

₹800 – ₹3,000 for the day

Duration

Half day

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