Jakarta vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Jakarta	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$757	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2071	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$375	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.9	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$582	$188
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	77	29
😀 Quality of life	63	13
🏙️ Population	10.6M	4.27M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 26% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 6641st and 7801st ($757 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st 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 0.3 months in Kabul. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 4600th and 9123rd 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	$2.3	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.7	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1262	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.4	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2279	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.14	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.2	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.3	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.34	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.8	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.2	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9494	$1452

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Cities near Jakarta

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	South Tangerang	$577
17 km or 11 mi	Bekasi	$541
20 km or 12 mi	Depok	$419
24 km or 15 mi	Tangerang	$605
43 km or 27 mi	Bogor	$553
78 km or 48 mi	Serang	$524
79 km or 49 mi	Sukabumi	$596
95 km or 59 mi	Cilegon	$522
106 km or 66 mi	Cimahi	$530
114 km or 71 mi	Bandung	$571
195 km or 121 mi	Tasikmalaya	$401
196 km or 122 mi	Bandar Lampung	$378
198 km or 123 mi	Cirebon	$551
210 km or 131 mi	Metro	$438
226 km or 141 mi	Banjar	$517
263 km or 163 mi	Tegal	$512
292 km or 182 mi	Cilacap	$508
321 km or 200 mi	Pekalongan	$506
403 km or 251 mi	Semarang	$550
423 km or 263 mi	Salatiga	$447
423 km or 263 mi	Prabumulih	$441
427 km or 265 mi	Yogyakarta	$453
427 km or 265 mi	Palembang	$420
463 km or 288 mi	Surakarta	$434
467 km or 290 mi	Pagar Alam	$485
540 km or 335 mi	Madiun	$507
548 km or 340 mi	Lubuklinggau	$496
575 km or 357 mi	Bengkulu	$530
597 km or 371 mi	Kediri	$487
622 km or 386 mi	Blitar	$470
627 km or 390 mi	Jambi	$499
633 km or 393 mi	Mojokerto	$512
653 km or 406 mi	Batu	$427
661 km or 411 mi	Surabaya	$558
667 km or 414 mi	Malang	$388
688 km or 427 mi	Pasuruan	$495
724 km or 450 mi	Probolinggo	$518
742 km or 461 mi	Pontianak	$458
826 km or 513 mi	Singkawang	$459
836 km or 520 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$549

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487