Dili vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dili	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$511	$419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1255	$1077
🏠 One person rent	$226	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$422	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$207	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$27	$62.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$238
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	12	28
😀 Quality of life	30	46
🏙️ Population	222K	846K

The cost of living in Dili is 22% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 8549th and 8918th ($511 vs $419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in East Timor and Nepal, respectively. Check East Timor vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Dili compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 8098th and 6495th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dili vs Kathmandu

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	Dili	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$1.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$6.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$2.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$212	$162
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$147	$84.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$304	$173
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.8	$32.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$9.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.97%	12.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1490	$2191
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$1059
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$5.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.67	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.63	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.88	$2.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$3.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.85	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$23.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.9	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.6	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3045	$3409

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Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$501
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$503
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$502
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$509
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$506
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$512
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$507
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1617
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$597
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$525
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$508
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$522
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$355
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$441
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$442
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$553
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$505
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$442
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$439
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$845
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$497
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1267
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$606
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$500
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$580
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$553
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$460
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$469
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$614
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$510
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$549
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$365
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$410
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$505
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$475
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$453
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$464
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$486
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$527
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$417

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361