Bandung vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bandung	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$545	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1341	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$218	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$368	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$193	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.1	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$251	$1771
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	81	96
😀 Quality of life	40	80
🏙️ Population	2.88M	17.7M

The cost of living in Bandung is 40% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 8276th and 5950th ($545 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 12th in Indonesia and China, respectively. Check Indonesia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bandung compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Bandung ranked 20th best city to live in Indonesia vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 6910th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bandung vs Shenzhen

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	Bandung	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.59	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.19	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.05	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.78	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$158	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$270	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.4	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$874	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$412	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.3	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.22	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.62	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.76	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.63	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.91	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.5	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.3	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$109	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7595	$22267

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Cities near Bandung

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Cimahi	$500
71 km or 44 mi	Sukabumi	$563
82 km or 51 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
93 km or 58 mi	Bogor	$513
101 km or 63 mi	Bekasi	$518
103 km or 64 mi	Depok	$385
113 km or 70 mi	Cirebon	$521
114 km or 71 mi	Jakarta	$701
116 km or 72 mi	Banjar	$490
119 km or 74 mi	South Tangerang	$536
134 km or 83 mi	Tangerang	$558
173 km or 108 mi	Tegal	$480
181 km or 113 mi	Cilacap	$474
182 km or 113 mi	Serang	$492
202 km or 125 mi	Cilegon	$488
233 km or 145 mi	Pekalongan	$471
306 km or 190 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
315 km or 195 mi	Semarang	$493
323 km or 201 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
323 km or 201 mi	Metro	$432
327 km or 203 mi	Salatiga	$421
365 km or 227 mi	Surakarta	$417
443 km or 275 mi	Madiun	$486
500 km or 310 mi	Kediri	$464
521 km or 324 mi	Blitar	$453
538 km or 334 mi	Prabumulih	$417
539 km or 335 mi	Palembang	$395
540 km or 336 mi	Mojokerto	$505
556 km or 346 mi	Batu	$410
569 km or 353 mi	Malang	$365
572 km or 355 mi	Surabaya	$549
578 km or 359 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
594 km or 369 mi	Pasuruan	$510
629 km or 391 mi	Probolinggo	$614
661 km or 411 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
684 km or 425 mi	Bengkulu	$500
740 km or 460 mi	Jambi	$458
795 km or 494 mi	Pontianak	$427
837 km or 520 mi	Bali	$1267
864 km or 537 mi	Denpasar	$497

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609