New Orleans vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Orleans	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2222	$3059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5396	$6994
🏠 One person rent	$1281	$2104
🏘️ Family rent	$2321	$3885
🍽️ Food expenses	$685	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$82	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3816	$4040
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	85	89
😀 Quality of life	87	97
🏙️ Population	384K	5.87M

The cost of living in New Orleans is 27% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 1304th and 129th ($2222 vs $3059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1179th and 1st in the United States and Singapore, respectively. Check the United States vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in New Orleans compared to 1.3 months in Singapore City. New Orleans ranked 67th best city to live in the United States vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 264th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in New Orleans vs Singapore City infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/new-orleans/singapore-city.jpg" alt="Cost of living in New Orleans vs Singapore City infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/new-orleans/singapore-city" target="_blank">New Orleans vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in New Orleans vs Singapore City

Prices for goods and services in New Orleans and Singapore City are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	New Orleans	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24	$9.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$98.3	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.5	$7.6
☕ Cappuccino	$5.27	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$1.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1460	$2532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$987	$1834
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2636	$5168
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1899	$3336
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$97
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$149
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$33.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$22055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2090	$7662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$1.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.9	$82.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$2.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$3.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.32	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$3.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$3.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$24.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$3.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.78	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.2	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.4	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$4.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.4	$107
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$142	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.3	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$74
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.3	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1564	$1115
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10189	$27780

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near New Orleans

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kenner	$2114
46 km or 29 mi	Slidell	$1974
46 km or 29 mi	Mandeville	$1726
72 km or 45 mi	Hammond	$2003
74 km or 46 mi	Houma	$1767
109 km or 68 mi	Gulfport	$1583
112 km or 70 mi	Morgan	$2174
114 km or 71 mi	Central	$2050
119 km or 74 mi	Baton Rouge	$2015
121 km or 75 mi	Biloxi	$1781
154 km or 96 mi	Pascagoula	$1828
168 km or 104 mi	New Iberia	$2119
168 km or 105 mi	Hattiesburg	$1709
189 km or 118 mi	Lafayette	$1807
203 km or 126 mi	Opelousas	$1941
209 km or 130 mi	Prichard	$1895
212 km or 132 mi	Mobile	$1825
213 km or 133 mi	Laurel	$1868
218 km or 135 mi	Natchez	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Daphne	$1894
235 km or 146 mi	Foley	$1874
258 km or 160 mi	Pearl	$2083
259 km or 161 mi	Brandon	$2252
261 km or 162 mi	Jackson	$1954
266 km or 166 mi	Clinton	$2046
272 km or 169 mi	Alexandria	$1772
274 km or 170 mi	Ridgeland	$2072
276 km or 171 mi	Vicksburg	$2037
278 km or 173 mi	Madison	$2092
281 km or 175 mi	Pensacola	$2213
299 km or 186 mi	Meridian	$2020
303 km or 188 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
318 km or 198 mi	Sulphur	$2037
336 km or 209 mi	Fort Walton Beach	$1979
344 km or 214 mi	Monroe	$1581
348 km or 216 mi	Crestview	$1923
373 km or 231 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
376 km or 234 mi	Ruston	$1805
390 km or 243 mi	Beaumont	$1673
394 km or 245 mi	Greenville	$1989

Cities near Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$539
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$679
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$682
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$669
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$604
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$529
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$532
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$645
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$458
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$670
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$565
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$883
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$628
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$395
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$695
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$417
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$430
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$500
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$619
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$620
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$605