The average price of a plate of saba fish with rice at hawker centres and coffee shops, each year since 2024.
| Sep 2026 | S$6.65 |
| 2026, Jan–Sep | S$6.51 |
| 2025 | S$6.21 (+2% on 2024) |
| 2024 | S$6.10 |
| Of 20 hawker dishes and drinks | 3rd dearest |
🐟 Saba fish with rice, a plate, each year
* 2026 so far, Jan–Sep
| Year | Average price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | S$6.10 | – |
| 2025 | S$6.21 | +11 cents (+1.8%) |
| 2026, Jan–Sep | S$6.51 | +30 cents (+4.8%) |
Each year is SingStat’s average for the year, and 2026 its average for the months so far. Source: Singapore Department of Statistics, Average Retail Prices Of Selected Consumer Items, under the Singapore Open Data Licence.
| Item | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| 🍽️ Chicken chop a plate | S$7.93 |
| 🍛 Chicken nasi briyani a plate | S$7.12 |
| 🐟 Saba fish with rice a plate | S$6.65 |
| 🥣 Sliced fish bee hoon a bowl | S$5.94 |
| 🍳 Char kway teow a plate | S$4.83 |
| 🦆 Duck rice a plate | S$4.81 |
| 🥟 Wanton noodles a plate | S$4.61 |
| 🍜 Fishball noodles a bowl | S$4.44 |
| 🍖 Char siew rice a plate | S$4.27 |
| 🍗 Chicken rice a plate | S$4.25 |
| 🍲 Mee rebus a bowl | S$4.19 |
| 🍝 Mee siam a bowl | S$4.03 |
| 🥕 Fried carrot cake a plate | S$3.93 |
| 🍱 Economic rice a plate | S$3.81 |
| 🍧 Ice kachang a bowl | S$2.80 |
| 🥤 Canned drink a can | S$1.83 |
| 🍫 Milo a cup | S$1.66 |
| ☕ Kopi or teh a cup | S$1.45 |
| 🫓 Roti prata a piece | S$1.30 |
| 🫖 Kopi-O or teh-O a cup | S$1.27 |
S$6.65 a plate on average in Sep 2026, by the Department of Statistics’ survey of hawker centres and coffee shops, and S$6.51 on average over 2026 so far. It was S$6.21 on average in 2025. That’s the middle of the market: a stall can charge more or less.
From S$6.10 in 2024, when SingStat began pricing it, to S$6.65 in Sep 2026: 55 cents, or 9% more. From 2024 to 2025 it went up 2%.
Yes: S$6.65 a plate against S$5.94 a bowl of sliced fish bee hoon in Sep 2026. Of the 20 hawker dishes and drinks SingStat prices, saba fish with rice is the 3rd dearest, after chicken nasi briyani (S$7.12).
The Department of Statistics’ Average Retail Prices Of Selected Consumer Items: each year’s average and each month’s, from the stalls it surveys for the Consumer Price Index. It began pricing saba fish with rice in 2024, with its new sample of stalls. Updated Oct 2026; every item’s price each year is in one CSV.
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