As well as Singapore, Prince William and Catherine will visit Malaysia, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
The tour has been organised to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
At Singapore's Botanic Gardens they will be shown an orchid named after Diana, Princess of Wales, which the duke's late mother never saw.
The couple, who were married last year, will also visit a rainforest in Malaysian Borneo.
Singapore gained independence from Britain in 1963 and joined the Federation of Malaysia, but became a separate nation two years later.
The visit comes a week after the High Court in London ruled that Britain was responsible for the deaths of 24 ethnic Chinese villagers who were shot by Scots Guards in 1948 during the so-called Malayan Emergency.
The royal couple met the governor general of the Solomon Islands, Sir Frank Kabui, at a reception in London in June and the duchess told him: "We're extremely excited. Both of us have never been anywhere near there. William's been practising his dance moves."
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, principal private secretary and equerry to the duke and duchess, told the AFP news agency: "The aim of the tour is to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
"The duke and duchess will use the tour to pay tribute - through what they do and say and who they meet - to the Queen's lifetime and dedication to the mix of peoples and cultures that make up all of Her Majesty's realms and the Commonwealth.
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