Bekasi vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bekasi	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$555	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1374	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$213	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$356	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.5	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$426	$988
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	77	7
😀 Quality of life	65	66
🏙️ Population	2.38M	133K

The cost of living in Bekasi is 58% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 8240th and 4439th ($555 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 2nd in Indonesia and Maldives, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Bekasi compared to 0.7 months in Male. Bekasi ranked 4th best city to live in Indonesia vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 5205th and 5057th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bekasi vs Male infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bekasi/male.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bekasi vs Male infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bekasi/male" target="_blank">Bekasi vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bekasi vs Male

Prices for goods and services in Bekasi and Male are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bekasi	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.53	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.19	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$128	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$424	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$234	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.9	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.33%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$979	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.1	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.23	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.53	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.9	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.1	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.12	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.21	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.8	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.1	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.5	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8003	$3575

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bekasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Jakarta	$699
27 km or 16 mi	Depok	$400
32 km or 20 mi	South Tangerang	$567
41 km or 26 mi	Tangerang	$665
46 km or 29 mi	Bogor	$480
77 km or 48 mi	Sukabumi	$561
93 km or 58 mi	Cimahi	$490
95 km or 59 mi	Serang	$517
101 km or 63 mi	Bandung	$534
112 km or 70 mi	Cilegon	$511
180 km or 112 mi	Tasikmalaya	$367
181 km or 113 mi	Cirebon	$523
211 km or 131 mi	Banjar	$488
212 km or 132 mi	Bandar Lampung	$368
225 km or 140 mi	Metro	$429
246 km or 153 mi	Tegal	$482
277 km or 172 mi	Cilacap	$478
304 km or 189 mi	Pekalongan	$471
386 km or 240 mi	Semarang	$488
406 km or 252 mi	Salatiga	$422
410 km or 255 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
437 km or 271 mi	Prabumulih	$411
438 km or 272 mi	Palembang	$390
447 km or 278 mi	Surakarta	$409
482 km or 300 mi	Pagar Alam	$448
523 km or 325 mi	Madiun	$456
563 km or 350 mi	Lubuklinggau	$443
580 km or 361 mi	Kediri	$447
591 km or 367 mi	Bengkulu	$461
605 km or 376 mi	Blitar	$440
615 km or 382 mi	Mojokerto	$413
636 km or 395 mi	Batu	$409
639 km or 397 mi	Jambi	$444
644 km or 400 mi	Surabaya	$551
650 km or 404 mi	Malang	$384
670 km or 417 mi	Pasuruan	$457
707 km or 439 mi	Probolinggo	$470
738 km or 459 mi	Pontianak	$413
823 km or 511 mi	Singkawang	$420
844 km or 524 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$502

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327