Jakarta vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Jakarta	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1920	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$365	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$849	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$228	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.5	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$521	$1496
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	77	95
😀 Quality of life	65	88
🏙️ Population	10.6M	4.36M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 29% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6708th and 5229th ($718 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Indonesia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Jakarta compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 4403rd and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jakarta vs New Taipei

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	Jakarta	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.82	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.74	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$230	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1127	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$607	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.3	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.92%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2803	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.26	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.8	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.32	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.18	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.07	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.12	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.31	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$22.3	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.73	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.05	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.67	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.3	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8517	$11035

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Cities near Jakarta

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	South Tangerang	$545
17 km or 11 mi	Bekasi	$552
20 km or 12 mi	Depok	$393
24 km or 15 mi	Tangerang	$573
43 km or 27 mi	Bogor	$480
78 km or 48 mi	Serang	$512
79 km or 49 mi	Sukabumi	$547
95 km or 59 mi	Cilegon	$493
106 km or 66 mi	Cimahi	$500
114 km or 71 mi	Bandung	$512
195 km or 121 mi	Tasikmalaya	$390
196 km or 122 mi	Bandar Lampung	$364
198 km or 123 mi	Cirebon	$495
210 km or 131 mi	Metro	$422
226 km or 141 mi	Banjar	$426
263 km or 163 mi	Tegal	$478
292 km or 182 mi	Cilacap	$474
321 km or 200 mi	Pekalongan	$479
403 km or 251 mi	Semarang	$570
423 km or 263 mi	Salatiga	$403
423 km or 263 mi	Prabumulih	$450
427 km or 265 mi	Yogyakarta	$427
427 km or 265 mi	Palembang	$457
463 km or 288 mi	Surakarta	$383
467 km or 290 mi	Pagar Alam	$476
540 km or 335 mi	Madiun	$440
548 km or 340 mi	Lubuklinggau	$493
575 km or 357 mi	Bengkulu	$521
597 km or 371 mi	Kediri	$439
622 km or 386 mi	Blitar	$427
627 km or 390 mi	Jambi	$479
633 km or 393 mi	Mojokerto	$459
653 km or 406 mi	Batu	$403
661 km or 411 mi	Surabaya	$522
667 km or 414 mi	Malang	$383
688 km or 427 mi	Pasuruan	$454
724 km or 450 mi	Probolinggo	$469
742 km or 461 mi	Pontianak	$444
826 km or 513 mi	Singkawang	$442
836 km or 520 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$511

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589