Jakarta vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jakarta	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$699	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1692	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$324	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$558	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.3	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$370	$721
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	80	46
😀 Quality of life	67	60
🏙️ Population	11.1M	1.2M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 21% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7091st and 6322nd ($699 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 14th in Indonesia and Russia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Jakarta compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Jakarta ranked 2nd best city to live in Indonesia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 4721st and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Jakarta	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.95	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.9	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.46	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.05	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.33	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.56	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$204	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$664	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$374	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.69%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1739	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$970	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.73	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.96	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$22.8	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.66	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.92	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.7	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.58	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.58	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.3	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$185	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8840	$3800

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Cities near Jakarta

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	South Tangerang	$567
17 km or 11 mi	Bekasi	$555
20 km or 12 mi	Depok	$400
24 km or 15 mi	Tangerang	$665
43 km or 27 mi	Bogor	$480
78 km or 48 mi	Serang	$517
79 km or 49 mi	Sukabumi	$561
95 km or 59 mi	Cilegon	$511
106 km or 66 mi	Cimahi	$490
114 km or 71 mi	Bandung	$534
195 km or 121 mi	Tasikmalaya	$367
196 km or 122 mi	Bandar Lampung	$368
198 km or 123 mi	Cirebon	$523
210 km or 131 mi	Metro	$429
226 km or 141 mi	Banjar	$488
263 km or 163 mi	Tegal	$482
292 km or 182 mi	Cilacap	$478
321 km or 200 mi	Pekalongan	$471
403 km or 251 mi	Semarang	$488
423 km or 263 mi	Salatiga	$422
423 km or 263 mi	Prabumulih	$411
427 km or 265 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
427 km or 265 mi	Palembang	$390
463 km or 288 mi	Surakarta	$409
467 km or 290 mi	Pagar Alam	$448
540 km or 335 mi	Madiun	$456
548 km or 340 mi	Lubuklinggau	$443
575 km or 357 mi	Bengkulu	$461
597 km or 371 mi	Kediri	$447
622 km or 386 mi	Blitar	$440
627 km or 390 mi	Jambi	$444
633 km or 393 mi	Mojokerto	$413
653 km or 406 mi	Batu	$409
661 km or 411 mi	Surabaya	$551
667 km or 414 mi	Malang	$384
688 km or 427 mi	Pasuruan	$457
724 km or 450 mi	Probolinggo	$470
742 km or 461 mi	Pontianak	$413
826 km or 513 mi	Singkawang	$420
836 km or 520 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$502

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758