Jakarta vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Jakarta	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$757	$429
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2071	$1025
🏠 One person rent	$375	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.9	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$582	$173
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	77	63
😀 Quality of life	63	49
🏙️ Population	10.6M	14.9M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 76% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 6641st and 8915th ($757 vs $429) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Indonesia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Jakarta compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 4600th and 6242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jakarta vs Karachi

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	Jakarta	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.3	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.7	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.8	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$141
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$96.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1262	$307
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.4	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$97.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29	$9.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.24%	21.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2279	$544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$338
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$4.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.14	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$5.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.2	$3.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.4	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.76	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.3	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.34	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.8	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.2	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$52.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$42.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9494	$1146

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548