Singapore City vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Singapore City	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3201	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6971	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$2218	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$3750	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$268	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4609	$1127
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	89	70
😀 Quality of life	98	71
🏙️ Population	5.87M	12.7M

The cost of living in Singapore City is 315% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 109th and 6778th ($3201 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st in Singapore and China, respectively. Check Singapore vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Singapore City compared to 1.5 months in Suzhou. Singapore City ranked 1st best city to live in Singapore vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 7th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Singapore City vs Suzhou

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	Singapore City	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.79	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.7	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.77	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2659	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1943	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4723	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3274	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.9	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.92%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$22654	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.53	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.6	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.17	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.92	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.73	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.32	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$115	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$31.5	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.7	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1206	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29519	$15339

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Cities near Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$789
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$542
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$502
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$771
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$771
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$689
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$643
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$519
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$552
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$584
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$681
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$444
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$704
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$598
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$864
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$657
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$390
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$552
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$443
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$411
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$420
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$461
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$701
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$448
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$754
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$653

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610