Jakarta vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jakarta	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$343	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$832	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.1	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$548	$1589
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	80	94
😀 Quality of life	65	86
🏙️ Population	10.6M	4.04M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 35% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6882nd and 5000th ($701 vs $1073) 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 0.8 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 4292nd and 302nd 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	$2.68	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.2	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$594	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1724	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$799	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.63	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.74	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.18	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8860	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581