Gardens by the Bay

Most of it is free. The parts with air-conditioning are not.

Gardens by the Bay is free, which the ticket counters do not shout about. The outdoor gardens, the Supertree Grove and the nightly light show cost nothing, and they are enough for an evening; you pay only to go inside the two cooled domes or up a Supertree. It suits visitors on a first trip, families and anyone with a date and no budget. The compromise is the weather: outside it is hot until dusk and wet when it rains, and that is when the domes earn their price.

Gardens by the Bay opening hours

The outdoor gardens, including the Supertree Grove, are open daily from 5am to 2am, and the Supertree lights go off at 11.30pm. Bay East Garden, across the water, never closes. Cloud Forest and Flower Dome open from 9am to 9pm, with last admission at 8pm for Cloud Forest and 8.30pm for Flower Dome. The OCBC Skyway and Supertree Observatory keep the same 9am to 9pm, and Floral Fantasy opens at 10am. Each closes once a month for maintenance: Flower Dome is shut on 16 November 2026, and the Observatory closes at 4pm on 28 November for a private event.

Tickets and prices

There are two price lists, and the difference is large. Singapore residents, which here means citizens, permanent residents and anyone living here on an Employment Pass, Work Permit or Dependent Pass, can buy one dome at a time: Flower Dome is S$12 for an adult and S$8 for a senior or a child aged 3 to 12, and Cloud Forest is S$26 and S$22. Both domes together are S$34, S$29 for a senior and S$26 for a child. Visitors can only buy the two domes together, at S$46 for an adult and S$32 for a child. The OCBC Skyway and the Supertree Observatory are S$14 each for a visiting adult and S$10 for a resident, and Floral Fantasy is S$24 or S$12. Child tickets cover ages 3 to 12, and you may be asked for proof of residency at the gate.

What to see for free

Garden Rhapsody, the light and music show in the Supertree Grove, plays every night at 7.45pm and 8.45pm. The Far East Organization Children's Garden, with its water play area, is free and open Thursday to Sunday and on public holidays from 9am to 7pm (Tuesday to Sunday in the school holidays); it is for children of 12 and under, and since March its entrance has been by the Sun Pavilion. Borealis, a recreation of the northern lights over the Grove, runs on Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights from 8pm to 8.30pm and is cancelled if it rains.

What's on now

The Christmas Train Show runs in the Flower Dome from 20 November to 3 January and is included with Flower Dome admission. Christmas Wonderland takes over the Supertree Grove from 27 November to 3 January, and this changes the free evening: on those nights only ticket holders can stand in the Grove, and everyone else watches Garden Rhapsody and Borealis from the World of Plants. Garden Rhapsody adds a 9.35pm show on most of those nights, and Borealis moves to 9.05pm. The Story of Studio Ghibli opens on the West Lawn on 18 December and runs to 4 July 2027. Cloud Forest still has its Jurassic World dinosaurs, and Floral Fantasy its Disney displays until 14 March 2027.

How to get to Gardens by the Bay

Bayfront, on the Circle and Downtown lines, is the usual station: take Exit B, follow the underground linkway and cross the Dragonfly Bridge or the Meadow Bridge. Gardens by the Bay station on the Thomson–East Coast Line is the other way in, by Exit 1. Parking is charged by the minute and capped at S$30 a day. Cyclists cannot use the Waterfront Promenade while the bridge to Bay East is being built.

When to go

Our advice for a first visit is to arrive at about 5pm, do Cloud Forest while it is still light, and be under the Supertrees for the 7.45pm show. Residents with children can do it in reverse: the Children's Garden in the morning, the S$12 Flower Dome when the heat arrives. Pay for the Skyway only if you want the photograph; the view from the ground is the better one of the trees themselves. Our longer guide to choosing between the tickets is Gardens by the Bay, decoded, and the Christmas guide has the rest of the season.

Good to know Outdoor gardens 5am to 2am daily, free. Domes 9am to 9pm (last admission 8pm Cloud Forest, 8.30pm Flower Dome). Flower Dome is closed on 16 November 2026. From 27 November to 3 January the Supertree Grove is inside ticketed Christmas Wonderland in the evenings. Bayfront MRT Exit B, or Gardens by the Bay MRT Exit 1. Prices and hours from gardensbythebay.com.sg, checked 13 November 2026.

Gardens by the Bay | 18 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018953 | Nearest MRT: Bayfront