Singapore City vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Singapore City	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3201	$455
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6971	$1101
🏠 One person rent	$2218	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$3750	$276
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$268	$56.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4609	$312
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	89	20
😀 Quality of life	98	49
🏙️ Population	5.87M	1.29M

The cost of living in Singapore City is 603% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 109th and 8852nd ($3201 vs $455) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Singapore and Libya, respectively. Check Singapore vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Singapore City compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Singapore City ranked 1st best city to live in Singapore vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 7th and 6694th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Singapore City vs Tripoli

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

	Singapore City	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.79	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.7	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$3.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.77	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$0.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2659	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1943	$97.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4723	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3274	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$17.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$27.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.9	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.92%	17.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$22654	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$357
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.53	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.6	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$7.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.17	$0.48
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$5.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$1.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$1.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.92	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.73	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.32	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$115	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$31.5	$1.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.7	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1206	$53.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29519	$919

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$350
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$387
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$381
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$406
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$394
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$434
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$480
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$398
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1579
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1577
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1666
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1770
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1697
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1739
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1951
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$552
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$433
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$409
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$487
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1271
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$1161
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1234
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$1085
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1232
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$577
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$607
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$529
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1298
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$502
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1141
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$375
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$1046
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1301
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$361
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$403
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161