How much cash should you carry in Singapore?

being paid for, how much cash should we carry on us? Our normal advice here is to allow S$100 per person per day, which will cover your basic expenses. Naturally if you choose to eat in fine restaurants, and especially buy alcoholic drinks, that may not be adequate.



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The usual comfortable recommendation is 100 SGD/ person/ day, the sum includes: attraction tickets, meals, drinks, local transport and some souvenirs. Of course the meal cots will depend on how posh you prefer to dine/ lunch etc.

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Our normal advice here is to allow S$100 per person per day, which will cover your basic expenses.

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100 SGD per pax per day is exactly what we usually recommend as a comfortable tourist approximation. The sum includes all daily meals and drinks, sightseeing tickets, local transport and souvenirs shopping. If course meal cost depends on how posh u prefer to dine/ lunch. And alcohol in Singapore is generally expensive.

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A meal at fast food joints such as McDonalds will cost you around S$7, while a drink at Starbucks is around S$6 – S$7. A visit to to an average restaurant can set you back by S$20 – S$40 per person for basic meals.

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At a hawker center, you can expect to pay between S$3 and S$5 for breakfast. Even though the average price of lunch may be the same at different restaurants, the details may be very different. In and around the city, a regular lunch at a restaurant that charges GST and a service fee may cost you S$10 or more.

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In Singapore tipping is not customary, the country does not have a tipping culture and in some areas including the airport, tipping is not allowed.

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And a combination of manpower shortages, inflationary pressures and high demand has driven up hotel prices in Singapore by about 9 per cent from pre-pandemic levels. This increase is most stark in the luxury and upscale hotel segments.

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Drinking in Singapore is definitely not cheap. An average price of a pint here is $12 and a cocktail runs between $22 to $30.

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It certainly is possible to live in Singapore on just $1,000 a month, though it does come with a few obvious sacrifices, such as: Living as minimally as possible, with close to no frills in the budget; Being willing to do things that others won't (a good example of this is dumpster diving.

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Singapore is more expensive than other Asian countries, so this mega-list of Singapore street food stalls will make your trip enjoyable for under $5 USD per meal! Not only that they are cheap, but they are also tasty.

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