Jakarta vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jakarta	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$343	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$832	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.1	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$548	$1546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	80	96
😀 Quality of life	65	74
🏙️ Population	10.6M	13.1M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 44% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6882nd and 4359th ($701 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Indonesia and Russia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Jakarta compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 4292nd and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jakarta vs Moscow

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	Jakarta	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.68	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.2	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$594	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1724	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$799	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.63	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.74	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.18	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8860	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592