Jakarta vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jakarta	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$343	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$832	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.1	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$548	$388
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	80	60
😀 Quality of life	65	56
🏙️ Population	10.6M	1.42M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 39% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6882nd and 8600th ($701 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 20th in Indonesia and Ukraine, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Jakarta compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 4292nd and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jakarta vs Kharkiv

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	Jakarta	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.68	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.2	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$594	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1724	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$799	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.63	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.74	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.18	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8860	$3129

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549