Singapore City vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Singapore City	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3201	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6971	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$2218	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$3750	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$268	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4609	$1477
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	89	74
😀 Quality of life	98	83
🏙️ Population	5.87M	1.87M

The cost of living in Singapore City is 258% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 109th and 6262nd ($3201 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th in Singapore and Taiwan, respectively. Check Singapore vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Singapore City compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Singapore City ranked 1st best city to live in Singapore vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 7th and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Singapore City vs Tainan

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	Singapore City	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.79	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.7	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.77	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2659	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1943	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4723	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3274	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.9	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.92%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$22654	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.53	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.6	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.17	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.92	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.73	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.32	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$115	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$31.5	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.7	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1206	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29519	$6518

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696