Jakarta vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jakarta	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$343	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$832	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.1	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$548	$218
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	80	30
😀 Quality of life	65	14
🏙️ Population	10.6M	4.27M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 48% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 6882nd and 8769th ($701 vs $474) 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 0.8 months in Jakarta compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 4292nd and 9071st 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	$2.68	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.2	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$594	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1724	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$799	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.63	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.74	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.18	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8860	$1356

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Cities near Jakarta

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	South Tangerang	$536
17 km or 11 mi	Bekasi	$518
20 km or 12 mi	Depok	$385
24 km or 15 mi	Tangerang	$558
43 km or 27 mi	Bogor	$513
78 km or 48 mi	Serang	$492
79 km or 49 mi	Sukabumi	$563
95 km or 59 mi	Cilegon	$488
106 km or 66 mi	Cimahi	$500
114 km or 71 mi	Bandung	$545
195 km or 121 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
196 km or 122 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
198 km or 123 mi	Cirebon	$521
210 km or 131 mi	Metro	$432
226 km or 141 mi	Banjar	$490
263 km or 163 mi	Tegal	$480
292 km or 182 mi	Cilacap	$474
321 km or 200 mi	Pekalongan	$471
403 km or 251 mi	Semarang	$493
423 km or 263 mi	Salatiga	$421
423 km or 263 mi	Prabumulih	$417
427 km or 265 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
427 km or 265 mi	Palembang	$395
463 km or 288 mi	Surakarta	$417
467 km or 290 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
540 km or 335 mi	Madiun	$486
548 km or 340 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
575 km or 357 mi	Bengkulu	$500
597 km or 371 mi	Kediri	$464
622 km or 386 mi	Blitar	$453
627 km or 390 mi	Jambi	$458
633 km or 393 mi	Mojokerto	$505
653 km or 406 mi	Batu	$410
661 km or 411 mi	Surabaya	$549
667 km or 414 mi	Malang	$365
688 km or 427 mi	Pasuruan	$510
724 km or 450 mi	Probolinggo	$614
742 km or 461 mi	Pontianak	$427
826 km or 513 mi	Singkawang	$430
836 km or 520 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476