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Cost of living in Singapore

Prices for October 2026

Monthly living costs in Singapore, Singapore, built from prices read directly at the original sources. Choose the number of adults and children to calculate by household size; every price opens its list of sources.

Calculate by household size

Currency

Total per month SGD 3,513 ≈ US$2,743

  • Rent (1-bedroom) SGD 2,866
  • Electricity, water, gas SGD 97
  • Internet & mobile SGD 83
  • Groceries SGD 202
  • Eating out SGD 142
  • Transport SGD 122

Amounts are rounded to the nearest unit, so the parts may differ from the total by 1 or 2 units. International school fees and other reference items are not included. How households are built is explained in How it is calculated.

Housing & utilities

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Rent, 1-bedroom apartment, outside the centre SGD 2,866 / month SGD 2,222 – 4,200 20
20 sources
Rent, 3-bedroom apartment, outside the centre SGD 5,297 / month SGD 3,200 – 8,500 20
20 sources
Electricity, 200 kWh SGD 59.44 / month SGD 58.00 – 62.33 3
3 sources
Electricity, 450 kWh SGD 134 / month SGD 131 – 140 3
3 sources
Water, 4 m³ SGD 14.13 / month SGD 14.13 – 14.13 2
2 sources
Water, 15 m³ SGD 52.97 / month SGD 52.97 – 52.97 2
2 sources
Gas, 100 kWh SGD 23.38 / month SGD 23.38 – 23.38 2
2 sources
Gas, 225 kWh SGD 52.61 / month SGD 52.61 – 52.61 2
2 sources

Internet & mobile

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Fixed internet, 100 Mbps or faster SGD 69.72 / month SGD 68.53 – 70.90 2
2 sources
Mobile plan, 10 GB or more SGD 13.50 / month SGD 12.00 – 15.00 2
2 sources

Groceries

Online retail prices of everyday items; a fixed basket of 15 items.

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
White rice SGD 1.96 / kg SGD 1.73 – 2.17 4
4 sources
Sandwich bread, 500 g loaf SGD 2.54 / loaf SGD 2.05 – 3.13 4
4 sources
Fresh milk SGD 3.50 / litre SGD 3.07 – 3.85 4
4 sources
Hen eggs SGD 0.36 / egg SGD 0.29 – 0.39 4
4 sources
Chicken breast fillet SGD 20.80 / kg SGD 19.33 – 22.25 3
3 sources
Fresh beef SGD 42.30 / kg SGD 41.10 – 43.50 2
2 sources
Tomatoes SGD 5.75 / kg SGD 5.60 – 5.90 2
2 sources
Potatoes SGD 3.61 / kg SGD 1.40 – 4.75 4
4 sources
Onions SGD 3.87 / kg SGD 2.64 – 5.50 3
3 sources
Lettuce SGD 2.31 / head SGD 1.75 – 3.50 4
4 sources
Apples SGD 5.29 / kg SGD 3.45 – 6.13 4
4 sources
Bananas SGD 3.62 / kg SGD 3.60 – 3.64 2
2 sources
Oranges SGD 8.05 / kg SGD 6.13 – 9.94 4
4 sources
Vegetable cooking oil SGD 3.81 / litre SGD 3.68 – 3.92 4
4 sources
Bottled water, 1.5 litres SGD 0.94 / bottle SGD 0.55 – 1.30 4
4 sources

Eating out

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant (main course, soft drink) SGD 10.85 / meal SGD 8.50 – 13.20 4
4 sources
Meal at a mid-range restaurant (starter or dessert, main course, soft drink) SGD 27.71 / meal SGD 23.40 – 32.01 2
2 sources

Transport

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Monthly public transport pass, adult SGD 122 / month SGD 122 – 122 2
2 sources
Monthly public transport pass, child SGD 39.00 / month SGD 39.00 – 39.00 2
2 sources

School fees (reference)

For reference only; not added to the total.

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
International school tuition, Grade 3 SGD 42,704 / year SGD 37,640 – 48,020 6
6 sources

How it is calculated

  1. Prices: each item is the average of samples read straight from the original source: supermarket web shops, official tariffs of electricity, water, gas, mobile and transport operators, rental listings and restaurant menus. No price-aggregator sites are used. Every item opens its list of sources. Rents are for apartments outside the city centre.
  2. Housing: 1 to 2 people rent a 1-bedroom apartment; 3 to 6 people rent a 3-bedroom apartment. The calculator accepts households of up to 6 people because the largest apartment in the data has 3 bedrooms.
  3. Electricity, water, gas: linear interpolation by household size between the 1-person level (electricity 200 kWh, water 4 m³, gas 100 kWh) and the 4-person level (electricity 450 kWh, water 15 m³, gas 225 kWh); above 4 people the same slope is extended. Gas is left out where most apartments cook on electricity.
  4. Groceries: a fixed basket of 15 everyday items at online retail prices, one basket per adult and 0.6 of a basket per child. It is not a household’s full food spending.
  5. Eating out: per adult, 8 meals at an inexpensive restaurant and 2 at a mid-range restaurant a month; children are not counted.
  6. Internet and mobile: one internet plan per household and one mobile plan per adult.
  7. Transport: one adult monthly pass per adult and one child monthly pass per child.
  8. International school fees and other reference items are shown for information and are not added to the total.
  9. Where an item lacks enough data, that part and the total read “Not enough data”. Prosperous Intelligence does not estimate in its place.
  10. Conversion to US dollars uses central-bank exchange rates fixed to one day for the whole batch; the rate date and the dates prices were read are on the Data sources page.

Methodology · Data sources

See also

Cost of Living Index (0–⁠100 scale)  · Country profile: Singapore  · Cities in Singapore  · All cities

Reference data, not financial advice. Prices change over time; this page shows the prices of the month stated at the top.