Jakarta vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jakarta	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$699	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1692	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$324	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$558	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.3	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$370	$104
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	80	30
😀 Quality of life	67	33
🏙️ Population	11.1M	4.27M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 53% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7091st and 8842nd ($699 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Indonesia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Jakarta compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Jakarta ranked 2nd best city to live in Indonesia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 4721st and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jakarta vs Kabul

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	Jakarta	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.95	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.9	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.46	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.05	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.33	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.56	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$204	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$664	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$374	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.69%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1739	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$970	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.73	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$22.8	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.66	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.92	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.7	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.58	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.58	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.3	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$185	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8840	$1486

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Cities near Jakarta

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	South Tangerang	$567
17 km or 11 mi	Bekasi	$555
20 km or 12 mi	Depok	$400
24 km or 15 mi	Tangerang	$665
43 km or 27 mi	Bogor	$480
78 km or 48 mi	Serang	$517
79 km or 49 mi	Sukabumi	$561
95 km or 59 mi	Cilegon	$511
106 km or 66 mi	Cimahi	$490
114 km or 71 mi	Bandung	$534
195 km or 121 mi	Tasikmalaya	$367
196 km or 122 mi	Bandar Lampung	$368
198 km or 123 mi	Cirebon	$523
210 km or 131 mi	Metro	$429
226 km or 141 mi	Banjar	$488
263 km or 163 mi	Tegal	$482
292 km or 182 mi	Cilacap	$478
321 km or 200 mi	Pekalongan	$471
403 km or 251 mi	Semarang	$488
423 km or 263 mi	Salatiga	$422
423 km or 263 mi	Prabumulih	$411
427 km or 265 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
427 km or 265 mi	Palembang	$390
463 km or 288 mi	Surakarta	$409
467 km or 290 mi	Pagar Alam	$448
540 km or 335 mi	Madiun	$456
548 km or 340 mi	Lubuklinggau	$443
575 km or 357 mi	Bengkulu	$461
597 km or 371 mi	Kediri	$447
622 km or 386 mi	Blitar	$440
627 km or 390 mi	Jambi	$444
633 km or 393 mi	Mojokerto	$413
653 km or 406 mi	Batu	$409
661 km or 411 mi	Surabaya	$551
667 km or 414 mi	Malang	$384
688 km or 427 mi	Pasuruan	$457
724 km or 450 mi	Probolinggo	$470
742 km or 461 mi	Pontianak	$413
826 km or 513 mi	Singkawang	$420
836 km or 520 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$502

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439