Paris vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$3059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$6994
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$2104
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$3885
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$4040
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	99	89
😀 Quality of life	95	97
🏙️ Population	2.15M	5.87M

The cost of living in Paris is 26% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 1222nd and 129th ($2267 vs $3059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in France and Singapore, respectively. Check France vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.3 months in Singapore City. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 25th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Paris vs Singapore City

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

	Paris	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$9.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$7.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$1.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$2532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$1834
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$5168
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$3336
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$97
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$149
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$33.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	3.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$22055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$7662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$1.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$82.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$2.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$3.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$3.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$24.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$3.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$4.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$107
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$74
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$1115
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$27780

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293

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