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Asia
Singapore
Singapore
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Singapore compare to Seoul?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Singapore is 18% better off vs in Seoul
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Singapore compared to Seoul, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$83,994
+$39,616 (+89%) vs Seoul
Tax Rate: 5%
Weather
How does the weather in Singapore compare to Seoul?
Seoul has better overall weather
1.5/10(vs 3.6/10 in Seoul)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
31°C(vs 16°C in Seoul)
Average Low
26°C(vs 9°C in Seoul)
Sunshine Hours
2,022h/yr-44h/yr
Average High in hottest month
32°C(vs 29°C in Seoul)
Average Low in coldest month
25°C(vs -6°C in Seoul)
Rainy Days
154/yr+70/yr(+84%)
Muggy Days
365/yr+302/yr(+475%)
Cloud Cover
85%(vs 41% in Seoul)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Singapore compare to Seoul?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Singapore compared to Seoul?
SWE Affordability
18.2 years
13.3 years quicker than Seoul
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Singapore has around 20 Luma events listed.
That's 100% more events than Seoul.
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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