Singapore City vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Singapore City	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3007	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6888	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$2075	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$3850	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$539	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4634	$1657
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	89	95
😀 Quality of life	98	87
🏙️ Population	5.87M	2.6M

The cost of living in Singapore City is 157% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 133rd and 4516th ($3007 vs $1169) 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 1.5 months in Singapore City compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Singapore City ranked 1st best city to live in Singapore vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 4th and 209th 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	$9.57	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.31	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.73	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.59	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2587	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1768	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4669	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3392	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.3	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.52%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$20493	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12922	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.8	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.17	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.86	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.44	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.18	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.9	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.2	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.9	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$96	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.4	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.6	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1175	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26424	$19102

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Cities near Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2733
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$623
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$585
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$511
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$610
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$611
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$602
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$545
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$554
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$558
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$482
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$480
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$539
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$644
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$582
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$479
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$553
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$512
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$913
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$550
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$457
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$596
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$638
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$493
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$450
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$442
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$521
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$578
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$476
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$566
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$544

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589