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Merlion Park

Merlion Park sits at the mouth of the Singapore River, right where it meets Marina Bay, and holds the original 8.6-metre Merlion statue — half lion, half fish, spouting water into the bay.

FREE to walk in

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POSTCARD · SC360 1.28681°N · 103.85453°E

before you go · checked 2026-08-01

One thing to know first

NOTE

STB periodically closes the Merlion statue for cleaning, announced in advance through its media centre, and past closures have run about a fortnight. During those windows the statue is scaffolded and the water jet is off. Nobody else warns visitors about this.

ADDRESS · SHOW THE DRIVER

21 Esplanade Drive Merlion Park (One Fullerton)

POSTCODE · ALL A GRAB NEEDS

038980

COORDINATES

1.28681, 103.85453

It's free and open around the clock, with Marina Bay Sands, the CBD skyline and the Singapore Flyer all visible from the same short promenade, which is why it's one of the most photographed few hundred metres in the country.

A second, smaller Merlion cub statue stands just behind the main one. The park connects directly to the Helix Bridge and the Jubilee Bridge, both pedestrian routes across to the Marina Bay Sands side.

★ WORTH KNOWING

The classic “water spouting from the Merlion's mouth with Marina Bay Sands behind” photo needs an early-morning or blue-hour visit to avoid both crowds and backlighting — by mid-morning the sun sits directly behind the statue from the best vantage point, which washes out a phone photo.

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Rain, heat, and what to do about it

Live readings and forecasts from NEA. Four days is the limit — past that, nobody is forecasting, they are showing you an average.

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Beyond four days · August on a 30-year average

Southwest Monsoon

June to September

Rain drier than average

Short, sharp early-morning showers and occasional squall lines. Drier overall than the northeast wet phase.

The other good window. Rain tends to arrive early and clear, leaving usable afternoons. This is also when haze can occur, which is worth checking rather than assuming.

Live readings and forecasts from NEA / the Meteorological Service Singapore via data.gov.sg, under the Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0. Seasonal description written from MSS's Climate of Singapore, read 2026-07-31.

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Plan your Merlion Park stop

Straight-line distance from the three places a visitor has already heard of.

From Marina Bay

0.8km

west

From Orchard

3.2km

south-east

From Changi Airport

17km

south-west

Nearest MRT

Raffles Place

East-West Line · North-South Line

Merlion Park and what is around it

Your closest next stop

Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

Arts venue · 558m on foot · 7 min OneMap estimate

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Tap any pin for what it is and how far. Walking paths are real pedestrian routes from OneMap, not straight lines — checked 2026-08-01. OneMap's minute figures are estimates, not the operator's; where an operator publishes its own, we use that instead and say so. Basemap: OneMap © SLA

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Merlion Park, in every light

Merlion Park — Visitors on the Merlion Park promenade in daylight with the Merlion spouting into Marina Bay and the CBD behind — Visitors on the Merlion Park promenade in daylight with the Merlion spouting into Marina Bay and the CBD behind

Merlion Park — Fireworks bursting over Marina Bay behind the floodlit Merlion at night — Fireworks bursting over Marina Bay behind the floodlit Merlion at night

Merlion Park — The Merlion spouting water at sunrise with Marina Bay Sands and the ArtScience Museum across the bay — The Merlion spouting water at sunrise with Marina Bay Sands and the ArtScience Museum across the bay

Merlion Park — Looking up at the Merlion statue spouting water against a cloud-streaked sky — Looking up at the Merlion statue spouting water against a cloud-streaked sky

Merlion Park — Panoramic view from Merlion Park with the Merlion spouting water, the CBD skyscrapers, Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore Flyer — Panoramic view from Merlion Park with the Merlion spouting water, the CBD skyscrapers, Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore Flyer

Merlion Park — Close-up of the Merlion's lion head spouting water into Marina Bay against a pale sky — Close-up of the Merlion's lion head spouting water into Marina Bay against a pale sky

Merlion Park — Come and see the Singapore icon that is half-fish and half-lion at the Merlion Park. — Come and see the Singapore icon that is half-fish and half-lion at the Merlion Park.

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In Marina Bay — close enough to collect on the same trip out.

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Gardens by the Bay — Supertree Grove at Gardens by the Bay lit in pink, purple and gold during the nightly Garden Rhapsody light show

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Marina Bay Sands — Marina Bay Sands hotel and the ArtScience Museum lit up at dusk, reflected in Marina Bay

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Singapore Flyer — The Singapore Flyer observation wheel and the city skyline reflected in the water at sunrise

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Contains information from Tourist Attractions accessed on 2026-08-01 from data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0.