Singapore City vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Singapore City	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3201	$1313
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6971	$3273
🏠 One person rent	$2218	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$3750	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$268	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4609	$1659
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	89	94
😀 Quality of life	98	87
🏙️ Population	5.87M	2.6M

The cost of living in Singapore City is 144% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 109th and 4455th ($3201 vs $1313) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.3 months in Taipei. Singapore City ranked 1st best city to live in Singapore vs Taipei ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 7th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Singapore City vs Taipei

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	Singapore City	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.79	$6.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.7	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.77	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$3.83
🥤 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	$718
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1943	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4723	$1272
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3274	$931
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$74.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.9	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.92%	2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$22654	$14287
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$8078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.53	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.6	$38.8
🚕 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	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$3.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.88
🍾 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	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.92	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.73	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.32	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$115	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$31.5	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.7	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1206	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29519	$17567

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1135
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1030
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$802
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$868
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$993
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$695
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$1006
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$914
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$894
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$894
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$914
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$628
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$634
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$854
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$894
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$621
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$615
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$700
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$901
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$753
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$707
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$671
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$696
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$616
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$666
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$697
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$600
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$586
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$672
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$604
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$650
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$454
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589