Bekasi vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bekasi	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$518	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1321	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$202	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$44	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$442	$1589
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	75	94
😀 Quality of life	45	86
🏙️ Population	2.38M	4.04M

The cost of living in Bekasi is 52% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8501st and 5000th ($518 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 2nd in Indonesia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Bekasi compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Bekasi ranked 13th best city to live in Indonesia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6589th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bekasi vs New Taipei

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	Bekasi	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.6	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.84	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.69	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$383	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$269	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.9	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.7	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.8	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.11%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$651	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.82	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.5	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.15	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.63	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.6	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.8	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$107	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7538	$18855

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bekasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Jakarta	$701
27 km or 16 mi	Depok	$385
32 km or 20 mi	South Tangerang	$536
41 km or 26 mi	Tangerang	$558
46 km or 29 mi	Bogor	$513
77 km or 48 mi	Sukabumi	$563
93 km or 58 mi	Cimahi	$500
95 km or 59 mi	Serang	$492
101 km or 63 mi	Bandung	$545
112 km or 70 mi	Cilegon	$488
180 km or 112 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
181 km or 113 mi	Cirebon	$521
211 km or 131 mi	Banjar	$490
212 km or 132 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
225 km or 140 mi	Metro	$432
246 km or 153 mi	Tegal	$480
277 km or 172 mi	Cilacap	$474
304 km or 189 mi	Pekalongan	$471
386 km or 240 mi	Semarang	$493
406 km or 252 mi	Salatiga	$421
410 km or 255 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
437 km or 271 mi	Prabumulih	$417
438 km or 272 mi	Palembang	$395
447 km or 278 mi	Surakarta	$417
482 km or 300 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
523 km or 325 mi	Madiun	$486
563 km or 350 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
580 km or 361 mi	Kediri	$464
591 km or 367 mi	Bengkulu	$500
605 km or 376 mi	Blitar	$453
615 km or 382 mi	Mojokerto	$505
636 km or 395 mi	Batu	$410
639 km or 397 mi	Jambi	$458
644 km or 400 mi	Surabaya	$549
650 km or 404 mi	Malang	$365
670 km or 417 mi	Pasuruan	$510
707 km or 439 mi	Probolinggo	$614
738 km or 459 mi	Pontianak	$427
823 km or 511 mi	Singkawang	$430
844 km or 524 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581