Singapore City vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Singapore City	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3119	$511
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7114	$1473
🏠 One person rent	$2114	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$3790	$327
🍽️ Food expenses	$564	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$283	$60.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4401	$664
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	89	68
😀 Quality of life	97	68
🏙️ Population	5.87M	12.6M

The cost of living in Singapore City is 510% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 154th and 8643rd ($3119 vs $511) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 498th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Singapore City ranked 1st best city to live in Singapore vs Zhengzhou ranked 37th in China, while ranked 5th and 4641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Singapore City vs Zhengzhou

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	Singapore City	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.23	$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.88	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.22	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.08	$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.61	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2502	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1849	$134
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4534	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3365	$242
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$9.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.84%	3.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$23965	$2933
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7918	$1502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.44	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.6	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.2	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.11	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$1.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.47	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.73	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.3	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.02	$3.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.36	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$117	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.3	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.5	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.2	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$67.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31369	$21713

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Cities near Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2806
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$838
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$533
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$495
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$770
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$780
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$788
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$736
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$678
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$513
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$495
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$588
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$627
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$981
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$831
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$813
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$750
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$439
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$762
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$640
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$701
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$572
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$851
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$696
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$485
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$388
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$558
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$572
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$438
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$405
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$551
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$419
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$456
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$740
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$439
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$792
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$663

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$516
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$516
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$518
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$509
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$483
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$518
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$520
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$507
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$506
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$514
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$498
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$491
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$506
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$523
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$518
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$569
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$534
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$525
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$531
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$543
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$541
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$598
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$492
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$583
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$659
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$803
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$602
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$596
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$545
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$578
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$540
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$529
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$556