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Asia
Singapore
Singapore
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Singapore compare to Houston?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Singapore is 38% worse off vs in Houston
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Singapore compared to Houston, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$84,090
-$4,960 (-6%) vs Houston
Tax Rate: 5%
Weather
How does the weather in Singapore compare to Houston?
Houston has better overall weather
1.5/10(vs 4.0/10 in Houston)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
31°C(vs 27°C in Houston)
Average Low
26°C(vs 17°C in Houston)
Sunshine Hours
2,022h/yr-555h/yr(-22%)
Average High in hottest month
32°C(vs 35°C in Houston)
Average Low in coldest month
25°C(vs 8°C in Houston)
Rainy Days
154/yr+48/yr(+46%)
Muggy Days
365/yr+188/yr(+106%)
Cloud Cover
85%(vs 41% in Houston)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Singapore compare to Houston?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Singapore compared to Houston?
Avg. Property Price
$19,187 / m²
736% more expensive than Houston
SWE Affordability
18.3 years
16.2 years longer than Houston
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Singapore has around 29 Luma events listed.
That's 263% more events than Houston.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Singapore to maintain the same standard of living.
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