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Best Timing to Cross Singapore-Malaysia Border over the Causeway

Hello adventurer,
Don’t wanna get stuck in traffic jam or be drowned in the ocean of crowd at immigration? NO WORRIES, I gotchu. Here are the BEST timing to make your border crossing between SG & Malaysia!

Credits to checkpoint.sg, I was able to collect crossing traffic data week by week and established a GENERAL pattern. Presenting to you… the LEAST crowded period to cross. DAY-by-DAY… HOUR-by-HOUR to help you decide what time to cross!

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Reference Table

I’ll just give you the whole thing for reference, but if you want a bit more explanation scroll down yourself okey

TL;DR – SG to MY crossing

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TL;DR – MY to SG crossing

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With Explanation

SG to MY

Monday – Thursday

When crossing from SG to MY on Monday – Thursdays
Best timings are
– before 10AM
– After 10PM
– OR 2PM-5PM

Basically you wanna avoid the timings when
– Malaysians night shift going back home in the AM
– AND Malaysians living in Malaysia working day-job in SG going back home in the PM

Friday

Friday is tough to cross throughout the day because
– many weekend trippers will be crossing today
– on top of the usual working crowd
– PLUS Malaysians working && living IN SINGAPORE going back home

BUT you might be able to breeze through if you squeeze in before 8AM or after 11PM

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Saturday

Crossing on Saturday is the absolute WORST time to go.
To avoid the queues you’ll have to cross
– before 7AM
– or after 10PM
– otherwise 4PM onwards is bearable ish

In the morning you’ll be competing with
– Malaysians returning home from Fri night shift
– SG day & weekend trippers (a lot of them) throughout the day

Sunday

Sunday is quite forgiving the whole day. For the least amount of queueing:
– cross before 8AM
– 3 to 5PM
– or after 8PM

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MY to SG

The best timings for crossing from MY to SG is totally different ball game

Monday

For Monday crossing, AVOID crossing between 6-9AM. For the least queue, cross from 9AM to 3PM

Why so crowded?
– in the AM: Malaysians working in Singapore commute back into Singapore to work
– in the PM: Weekend trippers who extended their weekend makes their return trip

Tuesday

Similar pattern to Monday with less volume.

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Wed – Fri

Wednesdays to Fridays are pretty quiet. For the best time, just avoid the working crowd by crossing between 9AM to 4PM

Sat & Sun

The weekends are more problematic. On Sat and Sun, cross over before 4PM to avoid the day trippers traffic that usually remains busy up till 2AM next day.

If you are staying for dinner, there’s still a chance to dodge a bullet by catching the slight dip between 8-10PM.

Public Holidays & School Holidays

If you are crossing the border on public holidays OR during SG / MY school holiday, expect the crowd to at least be at the level of weekends.

For PH, especially so if it makes a long weekend. Singaporeans love to go Malaysia on long weekends and Malaysians love to see their family on long weekends!