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St. Andrews vs. Singapore Cost of Living Summary

St. Andrews is 0.3% more expensive than Singapore.

Restaurants: pay 57.0% more in St. Andrews
Groceries: pay 19.7% less in St. Andrews
Transportation: pay 2.6% more in St. Andrews
Housing: pay 11.1% less in St. Andrews
Childcare: pay 12.8% less in St. Andrews
Entertainment and Sports: pay 8.0% less in St. Andrews
Clothing: pay 5.6% less in St. Andrews

The cost of restaurants and transportation in St. Andrews are more expensive than in Singapore. Expenses including groceries, childcare, housing, entertainment and sports, and clothing are lower in St. Andrews.

St. Andrews vs. Singapore Cost Breakdown

If you lived in St. Andrews instead of Singapore, you would:

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pay 57.0% more for restaurants

	Singapore	St. Andrews
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.28 SGD11.96	$22.05 £16.62	+137.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.73 SGD9.97	$10.69 £8.06	+38.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.58 SGD2.03	$2.14 £1.61	+35.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.16 SGD1.49	$1.35 £1.02	+16.5%
Average			+57.0%

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pay 19.7% less for groceries

	Singapore	St. Andrews
Bread 1 loaf	$2.36 SGD3.05	$1.66 £1.25	-29.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.89 SGD11.46	$3.87 £2.91	-56.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$11.53 SGD14.86	$6.70 £5.05	-41.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.24 SGD4.18	$4.15 £3.13	+28.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.05 SGD6.52	$4.18 £3.15	-17.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.95 SGD2.52	$1.41 £1.07	-27.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.36 SGD1.76	$1.02 £0.77	-24.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.22 SGD2.86	$1.19 £0.89	-46.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.19 SGD1.53	$1.27 £0.96	+7.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.12 SGD1.45	$1.18 £0.89	+4.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.98 SGD1.26	$0.85 £0.64	-13.0%
Average			-19.7%

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pay 2.6% more for transportation

	Singapore	St. Andrews
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.27 SGD10.66	$7.14 £5.38	-13.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$92.79 SGD119.61	$79.16 £59.67	-14.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$139K SGD179K	$37,798.76 £28,491.34	-72.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.74 SGD12.56	$20.62 £15.54	+111.6%
Average			+2.6%

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pay 11.1% less for housing

	Singapore	St. Andrews
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$35.10 SGD45.25	$44.77 £33.74	+27.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$3,116.78 SGD4,017.46	$1,202.72 £906.57	-61.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$2,276.91 SGD2,934.87	$868.63 £654.74	-61.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$116.26 SGD149.85	$176.16 £132.79	+51.5%
Average			-11.1%

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pay 12.8% less for childcare

	Singapore	St. Andrews
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,253.76 SGD1,616.06	$1,581.35 £1,191.97	+26.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$29,085.74 SGD37,490.80	$14,085.17 £10,616.89	-51.6%
Average			-12.8%

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pay 8.0% less for entertainment and sports

	Singapore	St. Andrews
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.73 SGD9.97	$5.68 £4.28	-26.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.68 SGD6.03	$4.71 £3.55	+0.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$12.76 SGD16.45	$18.71 £14.10	+46.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$117.15 SGD151.01	$41.58 £31.34	-64.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$11.60 SGD14.95	$12.03 £9.07	+3.7%
Average			-8.0%

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pay 5.6% less for clothing

	Singapore	St. Andrews
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$84.93 SGD109.48	$84.52 £63.71	-0.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$42.58 SGD54.88	$40.31 £30.39	-5.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.51 SGD134.72	$93.39 £70.39	-10.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$126.20 SGD162.67	$118.52 £89.34	-6.1%
Average			-5.6%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: April 2026

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